row in the same boat

English

Verb

row in the same boat (third-person singular simple present rows in the same boat, present participle rowing in the same boat, simple past and past participle rowed in the same boat)Category:English lemmas#ROWINTHESAMEBOATCategory:English verbs#ROWINTHESAMEBOATCategory:English multiword terms#ROWINTHESAMEBOATCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ROWINTHESAMEBOATCategory:Pages with entries#ROW%20IN%20THE%20SAME%20BOATCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ROW%20IN%20THE%20SAME%20BOAT

  1. (idiomaticCategory:English idioms#ROWINTHESAMEBOAT) To be in the same or similar situation.
    • 1986 April 26, James E. Lewis, Vernon J. Grant, “Why Build Hatred When There Was None To Begin With?”, in Gay Community News, page 5:
      If you wish to continue fighting amongst one another; if you wish to continue lying to and about each other; if you wish to continue believing rumors concerning one another, without knowing all the facts; if you wish to continue finding reasons to dissociate yourselves from others of a different race when, in fact, ALL OF US are prisoners rowing in the same boat; if you wish []
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