Meaning & use
Hobnob
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To mix socially or associate informally, especially with people of higher status.
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Celebrities hobnobbed with politicians at the gala.
He loves to hobnob with influential people at industry conferences.
A note on using this word
"Hobnob" originally comes from an old phrase meaning "to give and take" in drinking together, evolving into its modern social sense.
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minglesocialize
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