the company sb keeps
the influence of the people that someone spends time with:
"Where does he pick up words like that?" "It's the company he keeps."
He's been keeping bad company (= spending time with unsuitable people).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Friends, acquaintances & contemporaries
- a friend in need is a friend indeed idiom
- acquaintance
- acquainted
- amigo
- bedmate
- companion
- escort
- flatmate
- friendless
- gang
- girl
- girlfriend
- intimate 1
- neighbour
- peer
- peer group
- pen pal
- penfriend
- playmate
- posse
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