get in with
Curry favor with
To get in with someone is to gain their favor or acceptance, often for strategic advantage: He's trying to get in with the boss.
The phrase suggests cultivating a relationship with people who have influence or belong to a desirable group: She got in with the popular crowd her junior year.
- befriendForm a companionship
- mingleInteract socially with others
- curry favorSeek approval through flattery
- joinConnect or enlist
- ingratiateSeek another's approval
crowd · entrée · rapport · schmooze · circle · insinuate · inclusion · cozy up · rub elbows · rub shoulders · affiliation · leverage · favoritism · in-crowd · old boys club · alliance · belong · doorway
social affiliation/acceptance
get in withalienate
Cause emotional distance
estrange · break with · antagonize · ostracize · turn against
get, with, forget, forgotten, getting, gets, gotten, forgetting, forgets