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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