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to be cheek by jowl (with sb)

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  • cheek by jowl (with somebody) — ˌcheek by ˈjowl (with sb/sth) idiom very close to sb/sth • The guests, packed cheek by jowl, parted as he entered. Main entry: ↑cheekidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • cheek by jowl (with something) — ˌcheek by ˈjowl (with sb/sth) idiom very close to sb/sth • The guests, packed cheek by jowl, parted as he entered. Main entry: ↑cheekidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • Cheek by jowl — Jowl Jowl (joul or j[=o]l), n. [For older chole, chaul, AS. ceaft jaw. Cf. {Chaps}.] The cheek; the jaw. [Written also {jole}, {choule}, {chowle}, and {geoule}.] [1913 Webster] {Cheek by jowl}, with the cheeks close together; side by side; in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cheek by jowl — adverb in close proximity (Freq. 1) the houses were jumbled together cheek by jowl * * * phrasal : with cheeks close together : in close proximity or intimate relationship people who live cheek by jowl and breathe the same air Virginia Woolf * *… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Cheek by Jowl — is a theatre company founded by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod in 1981. The company has performed across the world and, with their 1986 production of Twelfth Night, were the first to bring a Shakespearean play to The Swan. Cheek by Jowl is a… …   Wikipedia

  • Jowl — (joul or j[=o]l), n. [For older chole, chaul, AS. ceaft jaw. Cf. {Chaps}.] The cheek; the jaw. [Written also {jole}, {choule}, {chowle}, and {geoule}.] [1913 Webster] {Cheek by jowl}, with the cheeks close together; side by side; in close… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cheek — cheek1 W3 [tʃi:k] n [: Old English; Origin: ceace] 1.) the soft round part of your face below each of your eyes ▪ Lucy stretched up to kiss his cheek. ▪ Billy had rosy cheeks and blue eyes. ▪ her tear stained cheeks ▪ Julie s cheeks flushed with… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • jowl — [[t]ʤa͟ʊl[/t]] jowls 1) N COUNT: usu pl You can refer to someone s lower cheeks as their jowls, especially when they hang down towards their jaw. [LITERARY] 2) PHRASE: usu v PHR, v link PHR, PHR n, oft PHR with n If you say that people or things… …   English dictionary

  • jowl — noun /dʒaʊl/ a) the jaw, jawbone; especially one of the lateral parts of the mandible. I had lain, therefore, all that time, cheek by jowl with Blackbeard himself, with only a thin shell of tinder wood to keep him from me, and now had thrust my… …   Wiktionary

  • jowl — [dʒaul] n [C usually plural] [: Old English; Origin: ceole] the skin that covers your lower jaw on either side of your face ▪ a man with heavy jowls (=jowls that hang down slightly) →cheek by jowl at ↑cheek1 (3) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • cheek — /tʃik / (say cheek) noun 1. either side of the face below eye level. 2. the side wall of the mouth between the upper and lower jaws. 3. something resembling the human cheek in form or position, as either of two parts forming corresponding sides… …  

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