rub

rub elbows

To interact or mingle with a person or group. I don't want to go to the gala tonight, but my wife is eager to rub elbows with the upper class. I've been rubbing elbows all night, and now I'd like to just have some quiet time.
See also: elbow, rub
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

rub

elbows/shoulders
To mix or socialize closely: diplomats rubbing elbows with heads of state.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
See:
  • don't know whether to eat it or rub it on
  • here's the rub
  • not have two (something) to rub together
  • not have two brain cells to rub together
  • not have two brain cells, pennies, etc. to rub together
  • not have two nickels to rub together
  • not have two pennies to rub together
  • not have two to rub together
  • rub
  • rub (multiple things) together
  • rub (one) the wrong way
  • rub (one) up the wrong way
  • rub (one's) hands (together)
  • rub (one's) nose in (something)
  • rub (one's) nose in it
  • rub (oneself) off
  • rub (someone or something) with (something)
  • rub (something) (all) over (someone or something)
  • rub (something) into (something)
  • rub (up) against (someone or something)
  • rub against
  • rub along
  • rub at
  • rub at (something)
  • rub away
  • rub down
  • rub elbows
  • rub elbows with
  • rub elbows with (someone)
  • rub elbows with someone
  • rub elbows with, to
  • rub hands
  • rub in
  • rub into
  • rub it in
  • rub it in, to
  • rub nose in
  • rub nose in it
  • rub of the green
  • rub off
  • rub off on
  • rub off on (someone)
  • rub one off
  • rub one's hands
  • rub out
  • rub over
  • rub salt in a wound
  • rub salt in(to) the/(one's) wound(s)
  • rub salt into the wound
  • rub salt into the wound/into somebody's wounds
  • rub shoulders
  • rub shoulders with (someone)
  • rub shoulders with someone
  • rub somebody up the wrong way
  • rub somebody's nose in it
  • rub someone out
  • rub someone the wrong way
  • rub someone up the wrong way
  • rub someone’s nose in something
  • rub someone's nose in it
  • rub someone's nose in something
  • rub the fear of God into (one)
  • rub the wrong way
  • rub the wrong way, to
  • rub together
  • rub up
  • rub up against (someone or something)
  • rub up on
  • rub with
  • rub your hands
  • rubbed off
  • that's the rub
  • the rub
  • the rub of the green
  • there is/lies the rub
  • there(in) lies the rub
  • there's the rub
References in periodicals archive
This practice is commonly referred to as surgical scrubbing though this term is perhaps out-of-date and confusing given the increasing use of non-scrub products such as alcohol rubs. In this article the term antisepsis is used, rather than disinfection which pertains to inanimate objects such as work surfaces.
National survey of hand antisepsis practices
Microbial colony counts were significantly lower on the fifth day of using the waterless rub, compared with the other two products, reported Dr.
CDC gives hand to alcohol-based rubs. ('Revolution' in Hygiene)
The proportion of workers that correctly used two pumps of the alcohol-based rub instead of one rose from 54% to 90% after training.
CDC to recommend use of alcohol-based rubs. (Cuts Infections, Less Irritating than Soap)
The guidelines will not apply to childcare facilities or to the food industry, but alcohol-based rubs are being tested in these settings.
Alcohol-based rubs are in for hand hygiene. (Coming CDC Recommendations)
Health care workers who have never used the alcoholbased rubs often erroneously fear that the products will dry out their hands and cause irritant contact dermatitis, one of the main reasons for low compliance with hand washing, noted Dr.
CDC guidelines recommend use of alcohol-based rubs. (Updated Hygiene Recommendations)
Although not accompanied by debarking, black rhino males have been observed to rub their head, snout, and horn bases on stumps and trees.
Tree rubbing by white rhinos: potential functions of an undescribed behavior
A rub, however, never has more than one author, and can (but doesn't always) describe him.
THE TALKING RUBS
However, as much as you would like to rub your eyes, your family is on the right track.
My mom, dad, and relatives always tell me not to rub my eyes. They all say that rubbing your eyes will make you blind. Is this true? Please tell me. Thank you
She rubs the dish-water on my legs with her strong black hands and starts telling my mother about the man my aunt likes.
Two views of my grandmother
1 After wetting and thoroughly soaping your hands, rub them together palm to palm.
2 MINUTES ON... Handwashing
Get ready to rub your hands in anticipation and answer your stomach rumblings in style as Rub Smokehouse & Bar is ready to open in Newcastle.
Rub on the Tyne smokehouse & bar ready to open in The Gate Newcastle; The bar and restaurant is the third Rub in the UK and boasts Epicspecials which require a massive appetite
Summary: The banking sector in Russia managed a profit of RUB 72bn in November, up from RUB 65bn in October.
RUSSIA: BANKS FINANCIALS
Bob Trudnak, creator of BBQ Bob's Hav'n a BBQ sauce and rub line, based in Lansdale, Pa., runs his own barbecue catering business and has won many awards for his work on the barbecue competition circuit.
Heating Up
With his attention focused on the rub, I'd been able to maneuver the camera and record the encounter.
The ultimate mock rub: a buck's instinctive need to attack vegetation with his antlers can be used against him. and my specific way of constructing the "trap" appears to hold great promise particularly in bow season
[USA], Apr 15 (ANI): A shortened 15-second application time and an easy three-step technique for use of alcohol-based hand rub is as effective in reducing bacteria as the 30-second application and six-step technique recommended by World Health Organization
Easy 3-step hand rub technique superior to 6-step technique: Study