hobnob
verb [intransitive] (informal)- hobnob (with somebody)
to spend a lot of time with somebody, especially somebody who is rich and/or famous （尤指同有钱有名望的人）过从甚密，亲近；巴结 He was often seen hobnobbing with influential business people. 人们经常看到他与有影响力的商界人士交往。
Word Originearly 19th cent. (in the sense ‘drink together’): from archaic hob or nob, hob and nob, probably meaning ‘give and take’, used by two people drinking to each other's health, from dialect hab nab ‘have or not have’.