shoulder to shoulder
idiom
1
: physically close together
Everyone was standing/squeezed shoulder to shoulder on the crowded bus.
2
: united together to achieve a shared goal
I stand shoulder to shoulder with the other legislators in this effort.
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Visitors cram in shoulder to shoulder with other visitors on the viewing platforms, all angling for that iconic shot of a salmon leaping into a waiting bear’s mouth.
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Robert Annis, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025
And the opportunity to stand shoulder to shoulder with the owners, designers and engineers behind those billion-dollar assets?
—Scotty Reiss, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
We were shoulder to shoulder, all 15 wrapped together.
—Peter Carline, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Dozens of mineral owners filled every seat and stood shoulder to shoulder in the back of the room.
—Jacob Orledge, ProPublica, 4 Aug. 2025
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Robert Annis, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025
And the opportunity to stand shoulder to shoulder with the owners, designers and engineers behind those billion-dollar assets?
—Scotty Reiss, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
We were shoulder to shoulder, all 15 wrapped together.
—Peter Carline, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Dozens of mineral owners filled every seat and stood shoulder to shoulder in the back of the room.
—Jacob Orledge, ProPublica, 4 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shoulder to shoulder
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“Shoulder to shoulder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoulder%20to%20shoulder. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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