at sb's elbow
close to and a little behind someone:
During the visit, the interpreter was always at her elbow.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Next to and beside
- abreast
- adjacent
- adjoining
- along
- alongside
- beside
- border
- contiguous
- coterminous
- elbow
- neighbouring
- next door
- on
- shoulder
- shoulder to shoulder idiom
- side
- surround
- to
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