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Meanings of rub shoulders in English

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Usage of rub shoulders in English
1
He did not continuously feel the herd-necessity to rub shoulders with others.
The Purple Heights
2
To grow up in Egypt is to rub shoulders with the dead.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
3
They will rub shoulders with professional performers as they step into the limelight.
The Irish Times
4
It is not often you can rub shoulders with genius familiarly.
The Justice of the King
5
Protests and fundraising party rub shoulders in Ferguson, Missouri FERGUSON, Mo.
Reuters
6
She was not quite ready to rub shoulders with common humanity.
Just Patty
7
I wouldn't care to rub shoulders with some old Prussian guard.
Jane Allen, Junior
8
Business and political leaders rub shoulders and discuss key issues facing the global economy.
BBC
9
They will rub shoulders with Europe's elite and they believe they will go far.
The Guardian
10
He must get out and rub shoulders with those who were playing their parts.
The Seventh Noon
11
Silky laments rub shoulders with spiky breakbeats and jazzy rhythms.
The Irish Times
12
To rub shoulders with Latin music lore, take the No.
Reuters
13
Most girls would die rather than rub shoulders with that frousy, bestial, drunken mob.
Madame Flirt / A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera'
14
Children with special needs rub shoulders with high performers.
Reuters
15
They will rub shoulders with established Hollywood stars who are expected in Berlin this year.
Reuters
16
There's Katherine Zappone, jetting away to Africa last weekend to rub shoulders with billionaire philanthropists.
The Irish Times
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Rub shoulders through the time
Rub shoulders across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common
United Kingdom
Less common