Collocations for acquaintance - noun

casual
I ran into a casual acquaintance in town.

new
close, old
business, childhood, mutual, personal, social

bump into (esp. BrE), meet, run into
greet
He greeted all his old acquaintances.

friends and acquaintances

nodding, passing, slight
a man with whom I had a passing acquaintance

brief, short
close, intimate
chance

make sb's/sth's (= become acquainted with sb/sth)
I first made his acquaintance in 2006.

strike up
I first met Simon in 1998 and struck up an acquaintance with him.

renew

of sb's acquaintance (formal)
He introduced me to a reporter of his acquaintance.

acquaintance with
her acquaintance with modern philosophy

have an acquaintance with
They have little acquaintance with colloquial English.

on close acquaintance, on closer acquaintance
on first acquaintance
On first acquaintance she seemed a little odd.