alongside (of) someone or something
- alongside (of) someone or something
alongside (of) someone or something
as compared with a person or a thing. (The things being compared need not be beside one another.
Of
is normally used before pronouns.) •
Our car looks quite small alongside of theirs.
•
My power of concentration is quite limited alongside of yours.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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