Side by side and facing forward.
On Sunday afternoon it was as dark as night, with barely room for two riders abreast on a gradient that touches 20%.
Alongside; parallel to.
Informed, well-informed, familiar, acquainted.
Side by side, facing forward.
Alongside; parallel to.
Informed, well-informed, familiar, acquainted.
Abreast of; alongside.
This ship sank abreast the island.
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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