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renew acquaintances

renew acquaintances verb: to contact old acquaintances after a period of no contact, in order to strengthen the relationship.

Verb

renew acquaintances (third-person singular simple present renews acquaintances, present participle renewing acquaintances, simple past and past participle renewed acquaintances)

  1. To contact old acquaintances after a period of no contact, in order to strengthen the relationship.
    • We'd invite various contacts up to renew acquaintances and remind them of my dressmaking talents.2010, Guy C. Taylor, Penelope Venola, Maryjane's Notebook: Memoirs of a Hollywood Dress Designer, →ISBN
  2. Compete for a subsequent time in another match.
    • Sergio Agüero’s goal midway through the second half does change the complexion slightly before the sides renew acquaintances in this Champions League last 16 fixture on 18 March but City’s momentum was quickly lost after Gaël Clichy’s second yellow card and the return leg would have felt like a...2015 February 24, Daniel Taylor, “Luis Suárez strikes twice as Barcelona teach Manchester City a lesson”, in The Guardian (London)

Forms of renew acquaintances

third-person singular presentrenews acquaintances
present participlerenewing acquaintances
past participlerenewed acquaintances
pastrenewed acquaintances

Questions about renew acquaintances

What does renew acquaintances mean?
Renew acquaintances means to contact old acquaintances after a period of no contact, in order to strengthen the relationship.
What part of speech is renew acquaintances?
Renew acquaintances is a verb.
What is the past tense of renew acquaintances?
The past tense of renew acquaintances is renewed acquaintances.

Words near renew acquaintances in the dictionary

  1. reneutralize
  2. reneutralized
  3. reneutralizes
  4. reneutralizing
  5. renew
  6. renew acquaintances
  7. renew one's vows
  8. renew'd
  9. renewability
  10. renewable
  11. renewable energies

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