strike up a friendship

to become friends (with someone). I struck up a friendship with John while we were on a business trip together. If you're lonely, you should go out and try to strike up a friendship with someone you like.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Walls	[wɔ:lz]
Elliot	[eli'ɔt]
Balfe	[bælf]
Shanna	SHAN-ə	English
Jakub	YAH-kuwp (Polish)	Polish, Czech, Slovak
Hilargi	-	Basque