buddies up (verb) associate: befriend
Sinonime: adviser,
attendant,
captain, chaperon, cicerone, conductor, controller, convoy,
counselor,
criterion,
design, director, docent,
escort,
example,
exemplar, exhibitor, genie,
genius, guiding spirit,
guru,
ideal,
inspiration,
lead,
leader, lodestar,
mentor,
model,
monitor,
paradigm, pathfinder,
pattern,
pilot,
pioneer, rudder,
scout,
standard, superintendent,
teacher,
usher,
vanguardAntonime: avoid, disassociate, disjoin, disunite, divorce