on first-name terms(knowing each other well enough to call each other by their first names, rather than having to use a more formal title: He's on first name terms with the president. • My accountant was so bad I am now on first name terms with the tax department. • Let's drop the formalities and go to first name terms.4uzhoj)
get the lay of the land(I made sure to arrive a few minutes early so that I could get the lay of the land, find my way around. • First I look in Google Earth so that I can get the lay of the land digitally before we go out.4uzhoj)