rub shoulders with, rub elbows with, socialize with, each other

 The First Couple's Chance to Put Themselves First

By MARK LANDLER

President Obama and his wife, Michelle, arrived on Martha's Vineyard before their children for a weeklong vacation, giving the president and the first lady time for golf, socializing and each other.

 

  Growing up as the only child of a municipal civil servant in Zigong, a medium-size city in western Sichuan Province, Ms. Long said that she studied practically every waking hour in high school and had little chance to socialize.

 

 

In Paris, a Louvre in the Hotel Lobby

By SETH SHERWOOD

While the city has long been celebrated for both its arts scene and its stylish places to stay, the two worlds have recently just started to rub shoulders.

Hidden in Hungary, Treasures on the Vine

By EVAN RAIL

The historic wine region of Tokaj is still a place for the curious and enterprising to rub shoulders with winemakers in their homes.

rub elbows with
Also, rub shoulders with. Mix or socialize with, as in There's nothing like rubbing elbows with the rich and famous, or At the reception diplomats were rubbing shoulders with heads of state. Both of these terms allude to being in close contact with someone. [Mid-1800s]
rub elbows with

socialize

[動](他)1 〈人を〉社会生活に順応させる, 社会化する；社交的にする；〈物・事を〉社会に役だつようにする.2 …を社会主義化する；((しばしば受身))〈国土・産業・企業を〉国有［国営］化する...

socialized medicine

[U]((米))公営医療制度.

each other

Translate each other | into French | into German | into Spanish

pronoun

used to refer to each member of a group when each does something to or for other members:they communicate with each other in French