shoulder to shoulder

1. In close proximity or cooperation, as in The volunteers worked shoulder to shoulder in the effort to rescue the miners. This expression originated in the late 1500s in the military, at first signifying troops in close formation. Its figurative use dates from the late 1800s.

Example Sentences

But that night in Chicago, shoulder to shoulder with my father in a huge darkened theater far from our home and from the rest of our family, we watched the 118 minutes of “Seven Days in May” from beginning to end.

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One hundred thirty of us were positioned shoulder to shoulder around the outline that had been drawn on the granite.

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For a cricket-mad nation long waiting for its women to stand shoulder to shoulder with its men, this triumph felt epochal - the spark of a new era.

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The Home Office said it stood "shoulder to shoulder" with survivors like Kallie, Abbey and Kaci.

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When it arrives, will we put aside politics, identity and grievances to stand shoulder to shoulder?

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Related Words

• collectively 
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• jointly 
• simultaneously 
• together