three musketeers

three musketeers

Three people who are very closely associates, as in friendship or business. We were the three musketeers as kids, but Andrew and Peter had a bit of a falling out when we started going to high school. They are known as the three musketeers of Silicon Valley, using their companies' combined size and influence to create one of the most powerful lobby groups in the industry.
See also: three
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

three musketeers

three close associates or inseparable friends.
The Three Musketeers is a translation of Les Trois Mousquetaires, the title of a novel by the 19th-century French writer Alexandre Dumas père.
See also: three
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • three squares
  • three squares (a day)
  • three squares a day
  • three cheers
  • three cheers for
  • three cheers for (someone or something)
  • three score and ten
  • a hat trick
  • hat trick
  • three-strike(s) rule
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