Join and Rub shoulders

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Join verb - To be adjacent to.

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Rub shoulders and join are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rub shoulders" instead a verb "Join".

Nearby Words: joined, joining

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Join and rub shoulders are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Join" instead a verb phrase "Rub shoulders".

In "Rugby" from Series 2, when Ken is invited to join RAF Skelton's rugby team and thereby rub shoulders with the officers, Marsh claims that he plays rugby as well, as a centre forward (which Ken immediately notes is a position in football, not rugby).

Source: Series / Get Some In!

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