shoulder to shoulder

ADVERB

abreast

Synonyms

WEAK

beside equal in alignment in line level opposite side by side

Antonyms

WEAK

lost out of touch unaware

ADVERB

cheek by jowl

Synonyms

WEAK

arm in arm beside one another by the side of cheek to cheek close close together crowded hand in glove hand in hand on one side side by side very intimate yardarm to yardarm

ADVERB

side by side

Synonyms

STRONGEST

collectively in tandem jointly simultaneously together

STRONG

unitedly

WEAK

all together as one at one fell swoop coincidentally commonly concertedly concomitantly concurrently conjointly contemporaneously en masse hand in glove hand in hand in a body in concert in cooperation

Antonyms

WEAK

apart individually separately

Example Sentences

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But that night in Chicago, shoulder to shoulder with my father in a huge darkened theater far from our home and from the rest of our family, we watched the 118 minutes of “Seven Days in May” from beginning to end.

From The Wall Street Journal

For a cricket-mad nation long waiting for its women to stand shoulder to shoulder with its men, this triumph felt epochal - the spark of a new era.

From BBC

The Home Office said it stood "shoulder to shoulder" with survivors like Kallie, Abbey and Kaci.

From BBC

When it arrives, will we put aside politics, identity and grievances to stand shoulder to shoulder?

From The Wall Street Journal

“It used to be shoulder to shoulder out here,” he said, looking along the boulevard.

From Los Angeles Times

shoulder to shoulder

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