hobnob
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hob·nob /ˈhɒbnɒb $ ˈhɑːbnɑːb/ verb (hobnobbed, hobnobbing) [intransitiveI] informalSOCIALIZE to spend time talking to people who are in a higher social position than you 〔与比自己社会地位高的人〕交谈,攀谈hobnob with He spent the first day hobnobbing with the management. 第一天他就和管理层交谈套近乎。
hobnob with• Benech liked to hobnob with local politicians. Origin hobnob (1700-1800) drink hobnob “to take turns in drinking” ((18-19 centuries)), from habnab “in one way or another” ((16-19 centuries)), probably from Old English habban “to have” and nabban “to have not”