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shoulder to shoulder

Idioms  

  1. In close proximity or cooperation, as in The volunteers worked shoulder to shoulder in the effort to rescue the miners. This expression originated in the late 1500s in the military, at first signifying troops in close formation. Its figurative use dates from the late 1800s.

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I wished that we could help them, that I could stand up and fight shoulder to shoulder with the men who stood for freedom, but, of course, I couldn’t.

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Elliot joined me, and we sat shoulder to shoulder in silence for a minute.

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Just like before, we huddled together, waiting to see if we’d get discovered, but unlike last time, I realized I was glad that it was Elliot crouching shoulder to shoulder with me.

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We stood there, shoulder to shoulder, and stared at it, and I knew that Regan’s mind was churning just like mine was with all the possibilities that could lie on the other side.

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One rainy fall evening in 1857, a crowd of men and women sat shoulder to shoulder at her New Jersey hosts’ parlor table.

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