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run abreast
verb as in equal
Strongest matches
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Example Sentences
The road was wide enough for two wagons to run abreast, but I moved to the grass at the edge of the road anyway.
He threw away his cigarette, turned out the guard, sent a messenger up to the Residency with the news of the Princess’s arrival, bidding the man leave word at the officers’ quarters as he passed, and then walked down to the landing-stage, just as the dragon-boat, with its carved and gilded prow, was run abreast.
The start is a spacious straightaway where the wide, charging line of horses can run abreast for about 500 yards.
It was wide enough for two voles to run abreast in.
She’s leaving us, Mr Hardy—keep more away, and run abreast of her.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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