Idiom
rank and file
Meaning
The members of an organization, community, etc. who are not in leadership positions.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The rank and file members want better pay.”
“The new policy caused a lot of frustration among the rank and file workers at the factory.”
“While the executives debated the merger in private, the rank and file remained anxious about the future of their jobs.”
Examples
simple
“The rank and file members want better pay.”
contextual
“The new policy caused a lot of frustration among the rank and file workers at the factory.”
complex
“While the executives debated the merger in private, the rank and file remained anxious about the future of their jobs.”
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