hobnob with (someone)

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!
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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)