Definitions
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- adverb In close
proximity ;side-by-side - adverb Whilst closely
cooperating
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb side by side and close together
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Examples
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Free enjoyed a special peak in native English usage between 1981 and 1986, big years for discussions of tax-free alternatives and free trade and, not accidentally, the Free World standing shoulder-to-shoulder with President Reagan against the unfree Evil Empire and its political friends.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Free enjoyed a special peak in native English usage between 1981 and 1986, big years for discussions of tax-free alternatives and free trade and, not accidentally, the Free World standing shoulder-to-shoulder with President Reagan against the unfree Evil Empire and its political friends.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Over the weekend at the famous International Red Cross Ball here—the 55th, if you can believe that, certainly pre-dating most of the shops on Worth Avenue—the Peter Duchin Orchestra barely had three notes out and suddenly the dance floor was toe-to-toe, shoulder-to-shoulder.
Hitting the Dance Floor Marshall Heyman 2012
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They have everything to do instead with the kind of kingdom Jesus envisioned -- a kingdom that lifts up the fallen, that comforts the oppressed, that feeds the hungry and clothes the naked, and that stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the poorest of the poor.
Richard T. Hughes: Revelation, Revolutions And The Tyrannical New World Order Richard T. Hughes 2011
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As our van moved us around the environs of the rail station, I saw construction taking place everywhere, cranes dotting the streets and a procession of pastel-colored apartment complexes perched shoulder-to-shoulder, set in a valley surrounded by four mountain ranges.
Regina Fraser and Pat Johnson: Discovering Mongolia Regina Fraser 2012
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After laboring to turn a conventional portrait of Amsterdam militiamen into a supremely dramatic scene—depicting the troops falling into formation rather than in a customary shoulder-to-shoulder pose—Rembrandt unveils the finished work to his clients, who immediately protest that some of their faces are only half visible.
Revolutionary Militia Jonathan Lopez 2012
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And the casualty rate did go high because people were standing shoulder-to-shoulder in lines.
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US business leaders have typically shown a very high degree of class solidarity such that back in 1993 businessmen from throughout the economy stood shoulder-to-shoulder with the particularist interests of insurance company executives to beat a health care plan that would have benefited many of their firms.
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And the casualty rate did go high because people were standing shoulder-to-shoulder in lines.
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US business leaders have typically shown a very high degree of class solidarity such that back in 1993 businessmen from throughout the economy stood shoulder-to-shoulder with the particularist interests of insurance company executives to beat a health care plan that would have benefited many of their firms.
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