Be friends
Engage in and be friends are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Engage in" instead a verb phrase "Be friends".
Engage in
Be friends and engage in are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Be friends" instead a verb "Engage in".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- Same with the TV version of Karen, who would actually be an Affably Evil Anti-Villain since she actually seemed reluctant to engage in the "feeding" that everyone in the town had to do to survive, repeatedly saying she wanted to be friends with Amanda and Josh.
Source: Affably Evil / Literature
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