abreast

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Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈbɹɛst/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English abrest. By surface analysis, a- (“on, at”) + breast, meaning “breasts (chests) in line, side-by-side and exactly equally advanced”; roughly “breast-by-breast”.

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