palling around

Verb

pal around (third-person singular simple present pals around, present participle palling around, simple past and past participle palled around)

1. (informal, intransitive) To spend time with someone as a friend.
   • John plans to pal around with Joe today.

   Synonyms:

   hang around

2. (broadly, informal, intransitive) To associate with someone, especially secretly or when viewed as objectionable; to fraternize.
   • If independents do turn out, it’s hard to see them turning out en masse for Lake, whose campaign is fueled more by outrage and theatrics than by any suggestion that she's ready to run a fast growing state of 7.2 million people. She has endorsed candidates who show an appalling tendency to pal...2022 July 6, Laurie Roberts, “Independent voters, take note: Kari Lake still leads in latest poll of GOP governor's race”, in Yahoo! News, archived from the original on 07 Jul 2022