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Rub elbows

//ˌɹʌb ˈɛlˌbəʊ̯z// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To associate closely; to consort, mingle, or socialize. US, idiomatic, intransitive

    "[I]f any of the officers have but mentioned love to my wife, I'll challenge and fight such of them one by one; and if any of the common soldiers have so much as rubbed elbows with her, I'll beat them like dogs from one end of the regiment to the other."

Etymology

From rub + elbows, suggesting people standing so close together that their elbows touch.

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