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rub shoulders

VERB
hobnob
Synonyms
STRONG
consort fraternize mingle mix pal socialize
WEAK
chum around hang around hang out with keep company knock around with pal around rub elbows spend time
Antonyms
STRONG
disagree
VERB
mingle
Synonyms
STRONGEST
circulate mix
STRONG
associate consort fraternize hobnob network pool
WEAK
gang up hang out tie in work the room
Antonyms
STRONG
disagree divide separate
WEAK
be unsociable disjoin

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Traders are also keeping an eye on artificial intelligence this week, as tech CEOs and global leaders rub shoulders at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

Traders will also be keeping an eye on artificial intelligence this week, as tech CEOs and global leaders rub shoulders at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

And by finishing joint third in a 36-hole US Open qualifier in Atlanta, he can now rub shoulders with the world's best in Pennsylvania.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2025

She was brashly optimistic in what she calls “the good old days,” thrilled to rub shoulders with Andy Warhol, Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson and Liza Minnelli at Halston’s fabled glass-and-steel Upper East Side townhouse.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2024

The whites I’d known loved to rub shoulders publicly with black folks in the after-hours clubs and speakeasies.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey