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Side by side and facing forward. quotations examples
On Sunday afternoon it was as dark as night, with barely room for two riders abreast on a gradient that touches 20%.
2012 July 15, Richard Williams, “Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track”, in Guardian Unlimited
The only path was narrow and rugged: two men could hardly walk abreast;
1859, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second
(figurative) Alongside; parallel to. examples
Informed, well-informed, familiar, acquainted. examples
Followed by of or with: up to a certain level or line; equally advanced. examples
(Scotland) Breast high (of an advancing wave). examples
(nautical) Side by side; also, opposite; on a line with the vessel's beam. examples
(obsolete) At the same time; simultaneously. quotations
Abreast therewith began a convocation.
1842, Thomas Fuller, The Church History of Britain, From the birth of Jesus Christ until the year MDCXLVIII., 3rd edition, volume 1, page 412
Side by side, facing forward. examples
Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced quotations examples
Some people are born with a vital and responsive energy. It not only enables them to keep abreast of the times; it qualifies them to furnish in their own personality a good bit of the motive power to the mad pace.
c. 1900, Kate Chopin, A Reflection
(nautical) Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam. examples
Abreast of; alongside. examples