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abreast definition

abreast (ə brest′)

adverb, adjective

  1. side by side, as in going or facing forward: often with of or with
  2. informed (of) or conversant (with) recent developments

Etymology: a- + breast

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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