shoulder to shoulder
idiom
1
: physically close together
Everyone was standing/squeezed shoulder to shoulder on the crowded bus.
2
: united together to achieve a shared goal
I stand shoulder to shoulder with the other legislators in this effort.
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Braverman stood shoulder to shoulder with Nile Gardiner, director of Heritage's Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom, in a social media video.
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Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
In the capital Damascus, people stood shoulder to shoulder at one of Syria's most holy sites, the al-Umayyad Mosque.
—Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 13 Dec. 2024
By the candlelight, guests can sit shoulder to shoulder while sipping on a bottle of Cinsault by Le Fond de l’Air Est Rouge.
—airmail.news, 3 Oct. 2024
In a sense, having to live shoulder to shoulder with a broader array of larger and more diverse reptile groups might have molded dinosaurs and pterosaurs into creatures capable of surviving the volcanic effects.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
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Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
In the capital Damascus, people stood shoulder to shoulder at one of Syria's most holy sites, the al-Umayyad Mosque.
—Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 13 Dec. 2024
By the candlelight, guests can sit shoulder to shoulder while sipping on a bottle of Cinsault by Le Fond de l’Air Est Rouge.
—airmail.news, 3 Oct. 2024
In a sense, having to live shoulder to shoulder with a broader array of larger and more diverse reptile groups might have molded dinosaurs and pterosaurs into creatures capable of surviving the volcanic effects.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Shoulder to shoulder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoulder%20to%20shoulder. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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