Intimate intimacy with the rich and famous Crossword Clue

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(verb)
1. refer to people that one assumes one’s interlocutors admire in order to try to impress them

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

INTIMATE (adjective)
1. having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere
2. having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship
INTIMATE (verb)
1. imply as a possibility
2. give to understand
INTIMATE (noun)
1. someone to whom private matters are confided
INTIMACY (noun)
1. close or warm friendship
2. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

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