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rank and file

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rank and file
ˌrank and ˈfile noun
the rank and file the ordinary members of an organization rather than the leaders:
    The rank and file of the party had lost confidence in the leadership.
—rank-and-file adjective [only before noun]:
    the rank-and-file members of the trade union