be best friends with
idiom
: to be someone's closest friend
She is best friends with my younger sister.
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Rachel is watching a cheetah be best friends with a dog.
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Drew Goins, Washington Post, 12 June 2024
That doesn’t mean your daughter needs to hang out with her all the time or be best friends with her or not stand up for herself if she’s being treated poorly.
—oregonlive, 12 Apr. 2022
They're supposed to be best friends with Memphis, but you still got put up.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 21 Aug. 2020
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Drew Goins, Washington Post, 12 June 2024
That doesn’t mean your daughter needs to hang out with her all the time or be best friends with her or not stand up for herself if she’s being treated poorly.
—oregonlive, 12 Apr. 2022
They're supposed to be best friends with Memphis, but you still got put up.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 21 Aug. 2020
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“Be best friends with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/be%20best%20friends%20with. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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