make friends (with one)
To form a new friendship (with one). Did you make any friends at school? I've made friends with one of the guys who works in my department.
make friends with someone
to work to become a friend of someone. I want to make friends with all the people I am going to be working with. Let's try to make friends with each other.
make friends
Form a friendship, foster cordial feelings, as in I hope Brian will soon make friends at school, or She's done a good job of making friends with influential reporters. [c. 1600]
make ˈfriends (with somebody)
become somebody’s friend: Roger was new to the district but he soon made friends with other boys of his age.She’s a very open sort of person and tends to make friends easily.