one of us

noun phrase

: part of one's group and thus trustworthy
Don't worry—he's one of us.

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The characters must be larger than life and one of us. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024 Sometimes, that big momentous event is an election, and every one of us who ends up making up (or changing) our minds in the final days of the campaign could be responsible for the results being subtly—and sometimes not so subtly—different from what polls suggest. Michael Bruter and Sarah Harrison, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024 Every one of us has a role to play in breaking through the silence of this crisis. Janine Henni, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024 If one of us falls short in the task at hand, somebody else comes in and picks him up. Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for one of us 

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“One of us.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one%20of%20us. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.

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