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rank and file
noun as in general public
Example Sentences
Asked what kind of support he got from rank-and-file Democrats, he paused before replying with a hearty laugh.
Rank-and-file conservatives by and large do not share these extreme anti-equality, anti-abortion, anti-women attitudes.
Some rank-and-file evangelicals may have switched their position or even advocated for reform.
In recent Republican congressional primaries, the rank-and-file has voted “no” to reflexive interventionism.
Party leaders backed McMorris Rodgers; the conservative rank-and-file supported Price.
Most ominous feature of it all, republicanism gained a large footing in the rank-and-file of the army.
For the leaders, it may last a little longer than for the rank-and-file.
They were followed by the great bulk of the rank-and-file of so-called Jewish Socialists.
During the Crimean War, he took care of the fame of the rank-and-file of the army.
The losses on our side consisted of a colonel killed, and seventy-four rank-and-file wounded.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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