rank and file
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See also: rank-and-file
English
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
[edit]- Enlisted soldiers in a military organization, as would be arrayed in a grid pattern with ranks and files.
- (idiomatic) The members of an organization, community, etc. who are not in leadership positions.
- The executives attend meetings in exotic locations while the rank and file stays at headquarters doing the bulk of the work.
- 2017 November 16, Jo Ellison, “Help: the gym has turned us into slobs”, in Financial Times[2]:
- Overnight, I have joined the rank and file of gym-bound office employees in their sneakers and suits. You know: the ones who walk around trailing sad little bags containing soggy towels and spare shoes and shampoo.
Translations
[edit]enlisted soldiers
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non-leaders
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