shoulder to shoulder

idiom

: physically close together

Everyone was standing/squeezed shoulder to shoulder on the crowded bus.

: united together to achieve a shared goal

I stand shoulder to shoulder with the other legislators in this effort.

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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 Her family’s only hope was that Americans would honor their promise to those who stood shoulder to shoulder with them. —

James Seddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025 At one point, the crowd stopped flowing, tightly bunched in a group of supporters, shoulder to shoulder and unable to move. —

Jacob Whitehead, The Athletic, 8 Aug. 2024 So are Zdeno Chara, David Krejci and Tuukka Rask, who stood shoulder to shoulder with Marchand for more than a decade. —

Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 2 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for shoulder to shoulder

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