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shoulder

Definition

  • noun: the part of your body where your arm is connected
  • noun: the laterally projecting part of the human body formed of the bones and joints with their covering tissue by which the arm is connected with the trunk
  • verb: to deal with or accept (something) as your responsibility or duty
  • verb: to push or thrust with or as if with the shoulder
  • often used figuratively
  • synonyms: support, jostle, crowd

Examples

  • The responsibility for the failure falls squarely 'on her shoulders'. [=she is completely responsible for the failure]

  • You can never feel confident in this business. You always have to be 'looking over your shoulder'.

  • He 'has had a chip on his shoulder' ever since he didn't get the promotion he was expecting.

Movie quotes

  • (..) shows signs of repeated dislocation. I'm also seeing signs of expanded articulation of the glenoid fossae. Her shoulders were repeatedly displaced out of their socket. SAROYAN: There's something unusual in the upper esophageal sphincter. (..)
    2015 TvShow: Bones Title: The Promise in the Palace Season: 11 Episode 7
  • (..) than my relationship with any of the other interns. VAZIRI: She's not one of those micromanagers always hovering over your shoulder. She gives us the space we need to do our best work. DUFFY: What do you think of her on a personal level? Okay, I-I think (..)
    2016 TvShow: Bones Title: The Movie in the Making Season: 11 Episode 18
  • (..) That's a mad-sized if. Our job is "if." What if you were sipping margueritas on a sun-drenched beach turning brown instead of green. Not looking over your shoulder for VERONICA. Don't hate, I helped design VERONICA. As a worst-case measure, right? How about a best-case? What if the world was safe? (..)
    2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron