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.
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World leaders frequently rub shoulders with the rich and famous, but does that mean they themselves can be counted among this category of people?
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Katharina Buchholz, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
Here, age-old vegetable dyeing techniques rub shoulders with state-of-the-art laser etching, 3D printing and stamping tools.
—Joelle Diderich, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
In the early years, ARTS was a great place for nervous state and federal officials to rub shoulders with the system developers, while also hearing from sometimes skeptical researchers.
—Richard Bishop, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
His splashy appearance at the Met Gala in May, which cost about around $750,000 for a table according to one source who cut a similar check, secured a table for Wasserman and girlfriend Jenny Chandler to rub shoulders with models, movie stars and Anna Wintour.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 15 Aug. 2024
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Katharina Buchholz, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
Here, age-old vegetable dyeing techniques rub shoulders with state-of-the-art laser etching, 3D printing and stamping tools.
—Joelle Diderich, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
In the early years, ARTS was a great place for nervous state and federal officials to rub shoulders with the system developers, while also hearing from sometimes skeptical researchers.
—Richard Bishop, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
His splashy appearance at the Met Gala in May, which cost about around $750,000 for a table according to one source who cut a similar check, secured a table for Wasserman and girlfriend Jenny Chandler to rub shoulders with models, movie stars and Anna Wintour.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 15 Aug. 2024
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