shoulder to shoulder

phrase

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.

Examples of shoulder to shoulder in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Construction workers, firefighters, and police officers, who stood shoulder to shoulder with him for months amid choking dust, burning debris, and twisted steel. — Raja Flores, STAT, 11 Sep. 2026

Use a tape measure to measure your pup from their nose to their tail and then shoulder to shoulder at the broadest point. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2026

About 29 third-grade students sat shoulder to shoulder in front of a blackboard on this very first floating school of Bangladesh, which started its journey 24 years ago. — Ali Asif Shawon, NPR, 5 Sep. 2026

National service would reinvigorate civics — not the kind taught from a textbook, but the kind learned shoulder to shoulder with a fellow citizen who likely doesn’t share your ZIP code, income or politics. — Tom Suozzi, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for shoulder to shoulder

• policyholder
• beholder
• bondholder
• cardholder
• freeholder
• householder
• landholder
• leaseholder
• lienholder
• placeholder
• shareholder
• slaveholder