hail-fellow-well-met

hail-fellow-well-met (2) {n. phr.}

A good friend and companion; buddy; pal.

John just moved to town but he and the boys in the neighborhood are already hail-fellows-well-met.

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hail-fellow-well-met

[hail-fellow-well-met] (1) {adj. phr.} Talking easily and in a friendly way to everyone you meet. * /John won the election as class president because he was hail-fellow-well-met./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

hail from

[hail from] {v.}, {informal} To have your home in; come from; be from; especially, to have been born and raised in. * /Mrs. Gardner hails from Mississippi./ * /Mr. Brown […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

fellow

[fellow] See: [HAIL-FELLOW-WELL-MET], [REGULAR GUY] or [REGULAR FELLOW]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

hail

[hail] See: [WITHIN CALL] or [WITHIN HAIL]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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