mutual friend
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2.4
- noun
- /ˈmjuːtʃuəl frɛnd/
:
amigo en común
- We met at a mutual friend's wedding a long, long time ago.
We are sitting in our mutual friend Simon Hill's studio.
- We are sitting in our mutual friend Simon Hill's studio.
- And I texted our mutual friend Dean Graciosi.
- Even so, one of your coaching clients, our mutual friend Tammy Pack, wrote a book.
- Tyrone Woods, which is a mutual friend of both of us.
- And one of our mutual friends said, hey, listen, Marvin's so frail.
- So you and I were connected through mutual friend Ryan Tate.
- Also, all of our mutual friends broke up with their girlfriends two weeks prior.
- We also have another mutual friend, Matt Pittman down at Meat Church.
- And like our mutual friend Andrew, Andrew Henderson says, you go where you're treated best.
Examples
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Jasper and our mutual friend, Steve, decided to share an apartment.
Academic text (2007) -
I bring you the regards of a mutual friend.
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I thank you so much for bringing our mutual friend here to see me.
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We have a mutual friend.
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Nearly 4 weeks ago, I met this guy at a mutual friend's birthday party.
Blog text (8) -
Our mutual friend has decided on an early retirement.
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We met through a mutual friend, Ryan Holiday.
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I just wanted to tell you that I ran into a mutual friend of ours.
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I had met Hill for the first time the prior December at a party hosted by a mutual friend.
Academic text (2004) -
We met at a mutual friend's wedding a long time ago.
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who is a friend to two or more people' is directly and compositionally derived from 'mutual' (shared by two or more parties) + 'friend' (a person with whom one has a friendly relationship). This ADJ+NOUN combination follows a regular compositional pattern found across many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand the phrase.
Etymology
Mutual friend comes from the simple picture of a friend who is mutual to two people, meaning a person both people know. That's why it means someone who is 'shared' by two (or more) people and can introduce or connect them.