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Verb: rub shoulders
Usage: Brit, informal
  1. Socialize with, esp. with people of higher class or status
    "He rubs shoulders with the best of society";
    - hobnob, rub elbows [N. Amer, informal]

Derived forms: rubbed shoulders

Type of: socialise [Brit], socialize

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