on a first-name basis
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Adverb[edit]
on a first-name basis (not comparable)
- (idiomatic) Having enough familiarity with another person to call them by their first name, as opposed to their surname.
- We are not yet on a first-name basis.
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having enough familiarity with another person to call them by their first name
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