rub shoulders with

idiom

informal
: to meet and talk with (someone) in a friendly way
The awards dinner gave me the opportunity to rub shoulders with some of today's greatest American poets.

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The rooms feel austere and indulgent, while Italian flea market finds rub shoulders with bespoke pieces crafted with an ecclesiastical bent. Paul Jebara, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2024 World leaders frequently rub shoulders with the rich and famous, but does that mean they themselves can be counted among this category of people? Katharina Buchholz, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024 Here, age-old vegetable dyeing techniques rub shoulders with state-of-the-art laser etching, 3D printing and stamping tools. Joelle Diderich, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019 In the early years, ARTS was a great place for nervous state and federal officials to rub shoulders with the system developers, while also hearing from sometimes skeptical researchers. Richard Bishop, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for rub shoulders with 

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“Rub shoulders with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rub%20shoulders%20with. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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