дружил с

was friends with

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was friends with In a figurative context, it can mean “was good with,” as in “wasn’t good with numbers.”
RU: В детстве я дружил с соседским мальчиком.
EN: I was friends with the boy next door when I was a child.

Никто из нас не дружил с Чарли Паркером.

None of us were friends with Charlie Parker.

— Одержимость (2014)

Я дружил с одной девчонкой.

I was friends with a girl.

— Ballad of a Soldier (1959)

И очень дружил с его родителями.

And he was very close to his parents.

— 12 (2007)

Ты дружил с Томом?

Were you friends with Tom?

Ты дружил с Боско?

Were you friends with Bosco?

— Дипломная работа (1996)