rank and file

Example Sentences

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Downing Street has already shown it is willing to ditch plans that could save lots of money if the rank and file kick off vigorously enough.

From BBC

“Some of that certainly derives from the remote leadership style in which the concerns of the rank and file seem to be routinely overturned,” Lurie said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Or a pressure valve for a leader that sometimes winds up the rank and file.

From BBC

The job-shedding will further shrink the industry’s rank and file after a yearslong diet of layoffs, attrition and corporate restructuring that has made Big Oil much leaner.

From The Wall Street Journal

That Rangers have four draws and a defeat to show for their other Premiership outings this term is what still rankles with the rank and file.

From BBC