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rubs elbows

rubs elbows is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rub elbows.

Meaning of rub elbows

Verb

rub elbows (third-person singular simple present rubs elbows, present participle rubbing elbows, simple past and past participle rubbed elbows)

  1. (US, idiomatic, intransitive) To associate closely; to consort, mingle, or socialize.
    • [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.1823, James Hogg, “Peril First. Love.—Continued. Circle [IX]. Letter I.”, in The Three Perils of Woman; or, Love, Leasing, and Jealousy. […], volume II, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and...

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What is rubs elbows the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Rubs elbows is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rub elbows.

Words near rubs elbows in the dictionary

  1. rubrozems
  2. rubs
  3. rubs along
  4. rubs away
  5. rubs down
  6. rubs elbows
  7. rubs in
  8. rubs it in
  9. rubs of the green
  10. rubs off
  11. rubs off on

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