hobnob

Related to hobnob: ritziness

hobnob with (someone)

To interact with someone, typically someone who has more power, fame, or success than oneself. I can't hobnob with those ladies—they're executives at the biggest company in town!
See also: hobnob
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

hobnob with someone or something

to associate with someone or a group, especially with those more wealthy, famous, etc. I'm not used to hobnobbing with such luminaries. Walter is spending a lot of time hobnobbing with the very rich.
See also: hobnob
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • (one's) heart goes out to (someone)
  • accompany (one) on a/(one's) journey
  • accompany on a journey
  • be one in the eye for
  • a stranger to (someone or something)
  • be out of (one's) league
  • be out of somebody's league
  • be in bad with (someone)
  • (one) puts (one's) pants on one leg at a time
  • bargain for (someone or something) with (someone)
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A BIT like a cross between a HobNob and a digestive, these are crumbly but light with just enough buttery sweetness.
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The trusty HobNob has been given a zesty new look and taste.
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Apathy has won the day, in the shape of said comfortable settee, digital television, and, increasingly, a Chocolate HobNob.
Taking the biscuit
The trophy for the mini champion pony and rider was presented by Anne Jewson to Ashley Thomas and Starlyte Hobnob, with Thomas Baker on Charlie Chick the reserve.
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