have a nodding acquaintance (with someone or somet



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have a nodding acquaintance (with someone or something)

To have a slight or precursory knowledge of someone or something. Jim asked me to help fix his computer for him, but I'm afraid I only have a nodding acquaintance with how his machine works. Ruth and I had only a nodding acquaintance before going to the party, but once we got talking, it was like we'd been friends our whole lives.
See also: acquaintance, have, nod

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Nedelka-Macedonian
Vural-Turkish
Dykes[daiks]
PeregrinePER-ə-grin, PER-ə-greenEnglish (Rare)
Wulfstan-Anglo-Saxon
Tsetseg-Mongolian