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.
Examples of rub shoulders with in a Sentence
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With over 200 founders, over 200 esteemed investors, and the chance to rub shoulders with Vinod Khosla, CIX 2024 is a must-attend event for Canadian tech and investment communities.
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Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
And since the lyrics also teem with Dylan’s poetically elliptical images and personalities, the musical numbers zoom out to a more sweeping vista, where rolling stones and watchtowers eerily rub shoulders with this story’s underdogs and oddballs.
—Celia Wren, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
Dive into a trove where the latest tech gadgets rub shoulders with cozy winter essentials.
—Kristi Arnold, Rolling Stone, 15 Nov. 2023
The Duke also popped by Red Bull’s garage to chat with team principal Christian Horner before the race (pictured top) but didn’t get a chance to rub shoulders with Verstappen.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2023
Lee was accessible, frequenting tech conferences, launch parties, and other events that tended to draw those hoping to rub shoulders with the Bay Area’s most prominent disrupters.
—Albert Samaha, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2023
Against an infrastructure that shows little interest in supporting them, Grrrl Gang have carved their own niche in their home nation, with their goal now to prove that Indonesian alternative rock music can rub shoulders with the world’s elite.
—Max Pilley, Spin, 22 Sep. 2023
Madrigal, the sources said, operated within a shadowy world where established Mexican drug traffickers rub shoulders with uprooted California gang members.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2023
The red carpets were lonesome spectacles without movie stars to walk them, and who wants to go to a party if Kate Winslet or Michael Fassbender or Jodie Comer or Paul Dano—all with big movies at TIFF—aren’t there to rub shoulders with?
Or would this be the festival for purists?
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2023
Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
And since the lyrics also teem with Dylan’s poetically elliptical images and personalities, the musical numbers zoom out to a more sweeping vista, where rolling stones and watchtowers eerily rub shoulders with this story’s underdogs and oddballs.
—Celia Wren, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
Dive into a trove where the latest tech gadgets rub shoulders with cozy winter essentials.
—Kristi Arnold, Rolling Stone, 15 Nov. 2023
The Duke also popped by Red Bull’s garage to chat with team principal Christian Horner before the race (pictured top) but didn’t get a chance to rub shoulders with Verstappen.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2023
Lee was accessible, frequenting tech conferences, launch parties, and other events that tended to draw those hoping to rub shoulders with the Bay Area’s most prominent disrupters.
—Albert Samaha, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2023
Against an infrastructure that shows little interest in supporting them, Grrrl Gang have carved their own niche in their home nation, with their goal now to prove that Indonesian alternative rock music can rub shoulders with the world’s elite.
—Max Pilley, Spin, 22 Sep. 2023
Madrigal, the sources said, operated within a shadowy world where established Mexican drug traffickers rub shoulders with uprooted California gang members.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2023
The red carpets were lonesome spectacles without movie stars to walk them, and who wants to go to a party if Kate Winslet or Michael Fassbender or Jodie Comer or Paul Dano—all with big movies at TIFF—aren’t there to rub shoulders with?
Or would this be the festival for purists?
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2023
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