Usually means: Associate or mingle socially closely.
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  1. rub elbows: Merriam-Webster
  2. rub elbows: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. rub elbows (with): Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. rub elbows: Wiktionary
  5. rub elbows: Dictionary.com
  6. rub elbows: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. rub elbows: Legal dictionary
  2. rub elbows: Financial dictionary

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Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rub elbows: Medical dictionary

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  1. rub elbows: Idioms

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  1. rub elbows: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (rub elbows)

verb:  (idiomatic, intransitive, chiefly US) Usually followed by with: to associate closely; to consort, mingle, or socialize.

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