Definition of Be intimate

1. Verb. Have sexual intercourse with. "Sam cannot be intimate Sue "; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"


Lexicographical Neighbors of Be Intimate

be born yesterday
be bothered
be called
be careful what you wish for
be cruel to be kind
be due
be full
be given
be glad to see the back of
be good for
be had
be in a spot of bother
be in for
be in on
be in one's altitudes
be intimate (current term)
be it as it may
be left holding the baby
be like
be mother
be mum
be my guest
be off
be off with you
be on
be on about
be on cloud nine
be on its way out
be on the ball
be on the horns of a dilemma

Literary usage of Be intimate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Curran and his contemporaries by Charles Phillips (1850)
"Now, if you breakfasted and dined with that fellow for a hundred years, you could not be intimate with him—he would not even be seen to smile, lest anybody ..."

2. Sermons on Several Occasions by John Wesley (1836)
"But must I not be intimate with my relations; and that, whether they fear God or not 1 Has not his providence recommended these to me ? ..."

3. The "goldfish": Being the Confessions of a Successful Man by Arthur Cheney Train (1914)
"... not knowing how to be intimate with a parent who crosses their path only twice a week, and then on the stairs. My son has attended to his own career now ..."

4. The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A.M. by John Wesley (1840)
"But must I not be intimate with my relations; and that, whether they fear God or not \ Has not his providence recommended these to me ? ..."

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