"forge a close bond" is a grammatically correct phrase and can be used in written English.
It means to create or develop a strong and intimate connection with someone or something. Example: Sarah and her best friend forged a close bond during their college years and have remained inseparable ever since.
But gradually the two forged a close bond.
He was restrained and brief, as if taking pains to say nothing to compete with the Clintons, who had forged a close bond with the African-American community over the years, let alone the older organizers, activists, and preachers.
Americans troops were first invited to join the parade in 2001, as a gesture of solidarity after the Sept. 11 attacks, by the former conservative prime minister, José María Aznar, who forged a close bond with President Bush.
Mr. Kass, 29, forged a close bond with the Obamas while cooking for them and their children for about two years before they moved to Washington and has golfed with the president on Martha's Vineyard.
In a memoir that Gough calls an "autobifantasy" – he admits his memories are no more reliable than anyone else's – he describes how he forged a close bond with his grand-uncle, "a man of favourites".
Spock himself – or at least Spock v1, Leonard Nimoy, who memorably starred alongside Quinto in Abrams's film – had casting approval for the character, and the pair forged a close bond soon after they met in 2007.
Though she writes of forging a close bond based on religious faith with one of them, Marc Gonsalves, she also expresses disdain for what she considers the rank materialism of another, Keith Stansell, an ex-Marine who in turn last year called her "the most disgusting human being I've ever encountered" because she supposedly sought and got favored treatment from the FARC.
Although Chalabi developed enemies at the C.I.A. who disputed his intelligence data and questioned his ethics, he forged a close bond with Vice-President Dick Cheney and many of the top civilians at the Pentagon, such as Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, Under-Secretary of Defense Douglas Feith, and Under-Secretary of Defense William J. Luti.
Pearson may have been uncomfortable with the media but he evidently forged a close bond with his players; team spirit stayed high even when Leicester sank to the bottom of the league because of two epic winless streaks, one of 13 matches between late September and Boxing Day, and one of eight matches between late January and mid-March.
