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arm in arm en · ADV

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) With arms linked together; with arms around each other's shoulder or waist. (of two or more people)
   • Buckingham, doth York intend no harm to us, That thus he marcheth with thee arm in arm? 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
   • The two friends walked along arm in arm.
   • […] Laurie came running down stairs, and brought up with a start of surprise at the sight of Jo arm in arm with his redoubtable grandfather. 1868–1869, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, Little Women: […], (please specify |part=1 or 2), Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC, pages 82-83:
   • Foy had prepped his troops for a boisterous chorus of “We Shall Overcome.” They were joined together arm-in-arm, swaying and humming slowly to the beat. 2015, Paul Beatty, chapter 23, in The Sellout, New York: Macmillan:
2. (figuratively, not-comparable) In collusion, in concert (with someone).
   • ‘Frenchmen. Really, I mean to say, Stevens, Frenchmen. […] And to think we have to be seen by the world to be arm in arm with them. One wishes for a good bath at the mere reminder.’ 1989, Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day, London: Faber and Faber, pages 75–76:

Forms

Relateds

hand in hand

Synonyms

arm in crook

Translations (30)

ga in uillinn a chéile (arms linked or around each other's shoulder or waist) · fr bras dessus bras dessous (arms linked or around each other's shoulder or waist) · mi kōtui (arms linked or around each other's shoulder or waist) · gv uillin er uillin (arms linked or around each other's shoulder or waist) · mi tui (arms linked or around each other's shoulder or waist) · hu karöltve (in collusion; in concert) · tr kol kola (arms linked or around each other's shoulder or waist) · bg алабраце́ (arms linked or around each other's shoulder or waist) · nl gearmd (arms linked or around each other's shoulder or waist) · it a braccetto (arms linked or around each other's shoulder or waist) · bg алабра́це (arms linked or around each other's shoulder or waist) · fi käsikynkkää (arms linked or around each other's shoulder or waist) · hu karöltve (arms linked or around each other's shoulder or waist) · fi kaulakkain (arms linked or around each other's shoulder or waist) · pl pod rękę (arms linked or around each other's shoulder or waist) · nl arm in arm (arms linked or around each other's shoulder or waist) · de Arm in Arm (arms linked or around each other's shoulder or waist) · ru по́д ру́ку (arms linked or around each other's shoulder or waist) · de untergehakt (arms linked or around each other's shoulder or waist) · el αγκαζέ (arms linked or around each other's shoulder or waist) · fi käsikoukkua (arms linked or around each other's shoulder or waist) · fi kaulaillen (arms linked or around each other's shoulder or waist) · ga uillinn ar uillinn (arms linked or around each other's shoulder or waist) · ru рука́ о́б ру́ку (arms linked or around each other's shoulder or waist) · ca del bracet (arms linked or around each other's shoulder or waist) · pl ramię w ramię (in collusion; in concert) · ca del braç (arms linked or around each other's shoulder or waist) · it sottobraccio (arms linked or around each other's shoulder or waist) · fi käsi vyötäröllä (arms linked or around each other's shoulder or waist) · pt de braços dados (arms linked or around each other's shoulder or waist)