When two people have become friendly you might say, “It’s been quite a while that Mary and Jane have been ________.”
| FRIENDS | 241 |
| CLOSE | 158 |
| FRIENDLY | 140 |
| PALS | 65 |
| CHUMMY | 59 |
| THICK | 55 |
| CHUMMING | 53 |
| TOGETHER | 53 |
| NR | 37 |
| GOING AROUND | 36 |
| PALLING | 33 |
| GOOD FRIENDS | 23 |
| PALLING AROUND | 23 |
| CLOSE FRIENDS | 21 |
| BUDDIES | 20 |
| CHUMS | 18 |
| GOING AROUND TOGETHER | 16 |
| GOING TOGETHER | 16 |
| ACQUAINTED | 10 |
| PALSY-WALSY | 9 |
| CHUMMING AROUND | 7 |
| INTIMATE | 7 |
| RUNNING AROUND | 7 |
| SEEN TOGETHER | 7 |
| ON SPEAKING TERMS | 6 |
| SEEING EACH OTHER | 6 |
| BOSOM FRIENDS | 5 |
| BUDDY-BUDDY | 5 |
| HANGING AROUND TOGETHER | 5 |
| ON GOOD TERMS | 5 |
| RUNNING AROUND TOGETHER | 5 |
| ASSOCIATING | 4 |
| CHUMMING TOGETHER | 4 |
| GIRL-FRIENDS | 4 |
| PALLING AROUND TOGETHER | 4 |
| TIGHT | 4 |
| ASSOCIATED | 3 |
| ASSOCIATES | 3 |
| BEST FRIENDS | 3 |
| BOSOM PALS | 3 |
| BUDDYING | 3 |
| FRIEND | 3 |
| GOING WITH | 3 |
| PALSY | 3 |
| REAL FRIENDS | 3 |
| RUNNING TOGETHER | 3 |
| BEEN FRIENDLY | 2 |
| BOSOM BUDDIES | 2 |
| COMPANIONS | 2 |
| GOOD PALS | 2 |
| HANGING AROUND | 2 |
| HOBNOBBING | 2 |
| INSEPARABLE | 2 |
| JUST LIKE THAT | 2 |
| OLD ACQUAINTANCES | 2 |
| OLD FRIENDS | 2 |
| PALLING TOGETHER | 2 |
| TALKING | 2 |
| THICK AS THIEVES | 2 |
| A FRIEND OF MARY’S | 1 |
| AGREEABLE | 1 |
| AMICABLE | 1 |
| AS FRIENDLY AS THEY ARE NOW | 1 |
| ATTACHED TO EACH OTHER | 1 |
| ATTUNED TO ANOTHER | 1 |
| AWFUL THICK | 1 |
| BECOME FRIENDS | 1 |
| BEING FRIENDLY | 1 |
| BEING FRIENDS | 1 |
| BOON COMPANIONS | 1 |
| BOSOM COMPANIONS | 1 |
| BUDDY | 1 |
| CLOSE TO | 1 |
| CLOSE TO ONE ANOTHER | 1 |
| CLOSE UP | 1 |
| CLOSER THAN TWO PEAS IN A POD | 1 |
| CONGENIAL | 1 |
| CONSORTING | 1 |
| DATING | 1 |
| FAST FRIENDS | 1 |
| FOND OF EACH OTHER | 1 |
| FOOLING AROUND | 1 |
| FRIENDLY WITH EACH OTHER | 1 |
| FRIENDS WITH EACH OTHER | 1 |
| GOING HAND IN HAND TO THE BACKHOUSE | 1 |
| GOING WITH EACH OTHER | 1 |
| GOOD BUDDIES | 1 |
| GOOD CHUMS | 1 |
| HAND-IN-GLOVE | 1 |
| HANG AROUND TOGETHER | 1 |
| HANGING OUT TOGETHER | 1 |
| HARMONIOUS | 1 |
| HAVING LUNCH TOGETHER | 1 |
| HITTING IT OFF WELL | 1 |
| HITTING OFF | 1 |
| JUST LIKE FINGERS ON YOUR HANDS | 1 |
| JUST LIKE SISTERS | 1 |
| JUST SO | 1 |
| KNOWING | 1 |
| KNOWN ONE ANOTHER | 1 |
| LIFETIME FRIENDS | 1 |
| LIKE PEAS IN A POD | 1 |
| LIKE SISTERS | 1 |
| LIKE THAT | 1 |
| LIKE THIS | 1 |
| LOAFIN’ TOGETHER | 1 |
| LONGTIME FRIENDS | 1 |
| MAKING IT | 1 |
| MARY’S FRIEND | 1 |
| MIXING | 1 |
| ON A FRIENDLY BASIS | 1 |
| ON FRIENDLY TERMS | 1 |
| ON THE GO | 1 |
| PLAYING TOGETHER | 1 |
| PRETTY GOOD FRIENDS | 1 |
| QUITE CLOSE | 1 |
| REAL CHUMMY | 1 |
| REAL CLOSE | 1 |
| REAL FRIENDLY | 1 |
| REAL PALS | 1 |
| REAL THICK | 1 |
| ROAD BUDDIES | 1 |
| RUNNING | 1 |
| RUNNING PARDNERS | 1 |
| SEEING ONE ANOTHER | 1 |
| SIDEKICKS | 1 |
| SO CLOSE | 1 |
| SO THICK | 1 |
| STARTED RUNNING AROUND | 1 |
| SUCH CLOSE FRIENDS | 1 |
| SUCH PALS | 1 |
| SWINGING TOGETHER | 1 |
| TALKING TO EACH OTHER | 1 |
| THICK FRIENDS | 1 |
| THICK TOGETHER | 1 |
| TOGETHER LIKE THAT | 1 |
| TOO THICK | 1 |
| TRAVELING | 1 |
| VERY CLOSE | 1 |
| VERY FRIENDLY | 1 |
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