old acquaintance

collocation in English

meaningsofoldandacquaintance

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old
adjective
uk
/əʊld/us
/oʊld/
having lived or existed for ...
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acquaintance
noun
uk
/əˈkweɪn.təns/us
/əˈkweɪn.təns/
a person that you have met but do not ...
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(Definition ofoldandacquaintancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofold acquaintance

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It is ouroldacquaintancethe confidence trick in its most blatant and bloated form.
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Sharman is anoldacquaintanceof the dead man.
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Adversaries that the player meets outside the bar is a mugger, anoldacquaintancewith a grudge, and the police.
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Lenardo directs him to anoldacquaintanceof his who may be of help.
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The narrator is intended to feel like anoldacquaintanceto the player, a connection built by his commentary on the player's actions as they happen, both major and minor.
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Then he began singing, and the men, after listening a moment, joined in the chorus as if it were anoldacquaintance, though they evidently had never heard it before.
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By 1995, however, these old acquaintances had apparently gone.
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We shall be renewing some of old acquaintances.
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They were renewing many old acquaintances.
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So we are not coming into that area as strangers or unwelcome old acquaintances: we are coming with a store of good will and with a store of experience.
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Old acquaintances describes the family as being very interested in recreational activities, spending a lot of time outdoors.
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He often thinks that his old acquaintances would never believe he could love his cats as he does, and can hardly believe it himself sometimes.
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He appears to be a selfish man who dislikes how his old acquaintances insist of trying to unite him with his son.
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During his travels, he visited old acquaintances and made many new ones.
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For this he used records of dead people, some of them his old acquaintances.
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An ex-rodeo champion, he then goes back to his life, meeting with old acquaintances and getting his old truck back.
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Probably protected by old acquaintances in the scientific community, he was able to continue with his scholarly work.
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A lot of his old acquaintances had either disappeared or did not dare to meet him.
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