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Tatiana, "rub shoulders" means to have contact with a certain class of people, usually important or impressive in some way: "She claims she rubs shoulders with royalty all the time." or "His businesses are all successful because he rubs shoulders with the hoi polloi of Hollywood every chance he gets."