be with

Keep someone company

To be with someone is to accompany or support them: I'll be with you in a moment, We're with you all the way.

It can mean romantic involvement: How long have you been with her?

To ask Are you with me? is to check for understanding.

In sexual contexts, to be with someone means to have slept with them.

I'm not with you expresses confusion or disagreement.

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keep company · spend time · stand by · by your side · presence · in the moment · stick around · join · hang out · companionship · go steady · intimacy · compassion · empathy · support · partnership · friendship · hold hands

Opposites
physical presence

be withleave

Sanctioned time away

abandon · desert · stay away from · go away

relational/romantic involvement

be withleave

Sanctioned time away

divorce · dump · walk out on

agreement/support

be withoppose

Act against something

disagree with · stand against · go against · turn against · contradict

Family

be, being, with, beside, been

Familiarity
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