on speaking terms

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English

Prepositional phrase

on speaking terms

  1. Acquainted and friendly; in a state where salutations and general remarks can be comfortably exchanged.
    • 2017 August 22, Hillary Richard, “The Wonder Women of Botswana Safari”, in New York Times, archived from the original on 2017-08-22:
      Ms. [Gomotsang] Modibu considers herself to be on speaking terms with the animals she sees every day. She sees them as her colleagues.
    • 2018, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo, Avengers: Infinity War (motion picture), spoken by Tony Stark/Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.):
      Cap [Captain America] and I fell out hard. We're not on speaking terms.

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