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side by side

Idioms  

  1. Next to each other, close together, as in They were walking down the street side by side when the taxi jumped the curb, or In the new Russia communism and capitalism are trying to live side by side. [c. 1200]

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Those nuns continued to live in the same convent, worship in the same chapel, and receive Communion side by side.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

The fathers of two girls who were killed in the Southport attack have crossed the finish line of the London Marathon side by side.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

Rows of neat, white-walled little houses stand side by side.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

At Palantir, a top computer science graduate could be working side by side with an English major.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

Walking side by side with Sadik isn’t any different, I tell myself.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

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