rub shoulders with

:  to move along the surface of a body with pressure :  grate

:  to fret or chafe with or as if with friction

:  to cause discontent, irritation, or anger

:  an unevenness of surface (as of the ground in lawn bowling)

:  obstruction, difficulty

:  something grating to the feelings (such as a gibe or harsh criticism)

:  the laterally projecting part of the human body formed of the bones and joints with their covering tissue by which the arm is connected with the trunk

:  the region of the body of nonhuman vertebrates that corresponds to the shoulder but is less projecting

:  the two shoulders and the upper part of the back

:  to push or thrust with or as if with the shoulder :  jostle

:  to place or bear on the shoulder

:  to assume the burden or responsibility of