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opposite number

noun

counterpart; equivalent:
New members with an interest in folk art will find their opposite numbers in the association's directory.

opposite number

a person holding an equivalent and corresponding position on another side or situation

First recorded in 1905–10

Then he considers: what does my opposite number want that will matter more to him than it does to me?

They moved across to the left: the first man sat down and his opposite number stood up.

I wouldn't mind being in charge—old Haas' opposite number at this end.

Instinctively his eye went about—and then came to a stop at a door directly opposite number eleven.

A weary trudge brings him to 457, opposite number 1, whence he started.

The passageway came out on the other side almost directly opposite number seven, and offered a tempting short-cut.

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