row in the same boat

verb

To be in the same or similar situation.

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Meanings

verbrow 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)

present singular third person rows in the same boat · participle present rowing in the same boat · participle past rowed in the same boat · past rowed in the same boat

  1. idiomaticTo be in the same or similar situation.
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    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 […]

    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
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APA

row in the same boat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/row%20in%20the%20same%20boat

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “row in the same boat,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/row%20in%20the%20same%20boat.

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