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on a first-name basis
Idioms and Phrases
Quite familiar and friendly, as in Practically all the guests were on a first-name basis . This idiom alludes to the fact that using a person's given name betokens familiarity. [Second half of 1900s]Example Sentences
She’s a diminutive talent on a first-name basis with South Carolina coach Dawn Staley.
It was only his first game in purple and gold since being stolen from the Dallas Mavericks nine days ago, yet Luka Doncic and the Laker fans were already on a first-name basis.
As Cressy drove up the street, Daryl Gross stopped to talk with her neighbor whom she didn’t quite know on a first-name basis.
Tom Girardi was on a first-name basis with senators from California to North Carolina.
He was soon on a first-name basis with then-Galaxy coach Sigi Schmid.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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