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rub elbows (with someone) and rub shoulders with someone ... Fig. to associate with someone; to work closely with someone. (No physical contact is involved.) I don't care to rub elbows with someone who acts like that! I rub shoulders with John at work. We are good friends.
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rub shoulders with somebody (British, American & Australian informal) also rub elbows with somebody ( American & Australian informal) ... to meet or be with someone socially rub elbows with somebody The receptions offered a chance for business people to rub shoulders with business people from other countries.
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rub elbows with; Also, rub shoulders with. Mix or socialize with, as in There's nothing like rubbing elbows with the rich and famous, or At the reception diplomats were rubbing shoulders with heads of state. Both of these terms allude to being in close contact with someone.
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be friendly, be sociable with, club together, consort with, fall in with, go around with, hang out with, hobnob, keep company with, make friends, mingle with, mix with, rub elbows with, rub shoulders with, run with, socialize with...
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be friendly, be sociable with, club together, consort with, fall in with, go around with, hang out with, hobnob, keep company with, make friends, mingle with, mix with, rub elbows with, rub shoulders with, run with, socialize with...
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9/10/09 at 5:45 PM ... Sophie Buhai and Lisa Mayock.Photo: Getty Images ... As we waited behind a camera crew to interview Vena Cava designers Lisa Mayock and Sophie Buhai at their presentation at Milk this afternoon, two tiny but very well-dressed older ladies — one with gray hair and one with a blonde bob — were...
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The Smallest Church in North America--Where Folks Rub Elbows With God ... The church's motto, "Where folks rub elbows with God," is also pasted up on the wall along with instructions for those friendless couples whose marriage parties can fit inside the chapel.
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Idiom(s): rub elbows/shouldersTo mix or socialize closely: diplomats rubbing elbows with heads of state.; Idiom(s): rub (one's) handsTo experience or display pleased anticipation, self-satisfaction, or glee.
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POCATELLO--A hulking 6-foot 3-inch believer cornered John Mionczynski as he left the lectern. "I know you're a skeptic, right? But look here." The man jabbed a photo with his thick finger. "See. See. ... I peeked over the man's meaty shoulder to see a grainy black and white of trees and shadows. ... He prodded Mionczynski.
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(to irritate) irritar; his laziness was beginning to rub me su pereza estaba empezando a irritarme ... to rub down ... to rub elbows o shoulders with codearse con...
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