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hail-fellow-well-metadjective

uk ​ /ˌheɪl.fel.əʊ.welˈmet/ us ​ /ˌheɪl.fel.oʊ.welˈmet/ UK old-fashioned

› If a man or his actions are described as hail-fellow-well-met, they are very friendly and enthusiastic, sometimes in a way that is not sincere:

He was greeted with the usual hail-fellow-well-met slap on the back and handshake.

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