"make acquaintance" is correct and usable in written English.
It is a polite way of saying "meet someone" and is used more commonly in formal or thoughtful contexts. For example, you might say: "It was a pleasure to make your acquaintance."
Young men new to the market were occasionally advised to make acquaintance with Annie's prodigious breasts; kiss them for good luck.
Dig out back issues of The Ecologist magazine, which he edited for six years from early 2000, and make acquaintance with an inquiring, passionate, dedicated world-saver, calling for the cancellation of poor nations' debts, denouncing Blairite collusion with global corporations and giving Tony Benn space to lament the decline of democracy.
As Deputy Editor of a journal that, at the time, was yet to be launched - the 19th ECSS meeting provided the perfect place to make acquaintance with new and potential Editorial Board members and to get a feel for the research landscape.
Along the way, you'll make acquaintance with resident red-footed tortoises, iguanas, and pelicans that swoop and dive into the water.
"We want the children to make acquaintance with their local disabled peers by meeting and playing with them," says Flora. "This is the only way to become an open-minded, empathetic, and cooperative adult and to build a nice caring community and society".
There is time and space to work or to walk around and make acquaintances.
"He looked for opportunities to make acquaintances with people," Mr. Devine added in a telephone interview.
"Don't make acquaintances in hotel lobbies, "Don't accept the advice of strangers on the street, etc".
While students make acquaintances based on their interests, he says, campus life ultimately divides itself along linguistic lines, and friendships across those lines are rare.
Officials rejected claims that cadres use the school to "meet people, make acquaintances, have a good meal and have a good rest".
Watch others who initiate and sustain conversation and make acquaintances with people around them.
