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rub shoulders

See: RUB ELBOWS.

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shoulder

[shoulder] See: [CHIP ON ONE'S SHOULDER], [COLD SHOULDER], [GOOD HEAD ON ONE'S SHOULDERS], [HEAD AND SHOULDERS], [PUT ONE'S SHOULDER TO THE WHEEL], [ON ONE'S SHOULDERS], [RUB ELBOWS] or [RUB SHOULDERS], […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

on one's shoulders

[on one's shoulders] {adv.} or {adj. phr.} In your care; as your responsibility. * /The success of the program rests on your shoulders./ * /He acts as if he had […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

head and shoulders

[head and shoulders] {adv. phr.} 1. By the measure of the head and shoulders. * /The basketball player is head and shoulders taller than the other boys./ 2. By far; […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[rub elbows] also [rub shoulders] {v. phr.} To be in the same place (with others); meet and mix. * /City people and country people, old and young, rub elbows at […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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