Last year I actually came close, at least by association.
Support of music by the Association in recent years has taken different forms.
We just each have to know that the other benefits most by continued association.
Others thought they had gained in status by their association with a former head of state.
Guilt by association meant they'd try to kill me just the same.
It is also a marketing strategy of worth by association.
If the students were caught, they could be expelled and who knows what kind of problems she'd face by association?
The university often derives benefits by association with the person in question.
Sometimes, the point is largely to communicate a message by association.
But, somewhere along the line, the water bowl became guilty by association.