~ (of sb/sth) next to sb/sth and facing the same way:
cycling two abreast * A police car drew abreast of us and signalled us to stop.
IDIOMS
keep abreast of sth to make sure that you know all the most recent facts about a subject:
It is almost impossible to keep abreast of all the latest developments in computing.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for abreast is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is abreast a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, abreast is tagged as adverb.
Does abreast appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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