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on first-name terms
phraseUK(USon a first-name basis)
friendly or familiar enough with someone to call that person by their first name: 以名字相称;关系密切
Staff and pupils at the school were on first-name terms.
She was on first-name terms with most of her customers.
Her family connections put her on first-name terms with most of the royalty in Europe.
I ordered food from there so often that I was on first-name terms with the woman who answered the phone.
Very soon, everyone was on first-name terms.
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