Synonyms

side by side

Idioms

Next to each other, close together, as in They were walking down the street side by side when the taxi jumped the curb, or In the new Russia communism and capitalism are trying to live side by side. [c. 1200]

Example Sentences

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The image of them side by side in their matching Manchester United football shirts became ingrained on the nation's consciousness.

From BBC

The two teams agreed to publish their results side by side in the same issue of Science.

From Science Daily

One is, in fact, two side by side, with a version of a small yellow house behind an orange fence repeated on both.

From BBC

The series stakes its ground in the time-honored, time-worn conceit of clashing personalities forced to work side by side.

From Los Angeles Times

The two rockets launched side by side into the same aurora, each traveling along a slightly different path.

From Science Daily

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