to bond with
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3.7
- phrasal verb
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- The beauty contest is another arena in which young women bond with each other, their mothers, and other women relatives.
- bond with others
- bond with children
- bond with family
Like, what are a few of the things that make you bond with people as quickly as you do?
- Like, what are a few of the things that make you bond with people as quickly as you do?
- We're on the grass, we're bonding with the squirrels, and we're having a picnic.
- Those are not the only ways that mothers can bond with babies.
- Can't expect to bond with a dog, that's unrealistic.
- Young gay people make every attempt to bond with their peers, to be part of the pack, the herd.
- I somehow bonded with my boyfriend over your show as well.
- And I think like I Bond, I kind of bonded with him more on that.
Examples
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You've already made a bond with your teachers and it just feels really good.
Academic text (2015) -
It's perfectly natural for a patient to bond with his analyst.
Fiction book (1991) -
Oh brilliant for you number one, who did you bond with the most?
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You need to bond with me.
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You can bond with me as long as you like.
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But then again, never had I established such a quick bond with any female of the species.
Fiction book (2002) -
As an infant enters the world, it begins to bond with its parents.
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Children were observed to form a bond with their university tutors, and vice versa.
Academic text (2006) -
I've developed a bond with several faculty members when we went to Liberia over the summer to study.
Academic text (2013) -
As an infant enters the world, it begins to bond with its parents.
Synonyms
572
1.8
Build a friendly relationship with someone by talking or listening
236
3.2
To feel close to someone and understood by them
149
2.9
To form a close relationship with someone
16
3.5
Make others feel understood and build a friendly relationship
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to develop a close and trusting relationship' is directly derivable from combining 'bond' (to form close emotional ties) with the preposition 'with' (indicating togetherness/relationship). This verb + preposition pattern is compositional and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The phrasal verb bond with comes from the image of things being tied or glued together. Bond is like a rope or glue that holds things close and with shows the other person, so to bond with someone is to become closely tied to them, 'to develop a close and trusting relationship'.