arm in arm

Idioms and Phrases

With one person's arm linked around another's; also, closely allied or intimate, as in Both couples walked arm in arm around the grounds of the estate , and This candidate is arm in arm with the party's liberal wing . The literal expression dates from the late 1300s, when Chaucer so used it: “They went arm in arm together into the garden” ( Troilus and Cressida ). The figurative usage dates from about 1600. Also see hand in hand .

Example Sentences

“Aye ready;” and arm-in-arm we raced into the dining-room, scandalizing the servants.

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“We were all arm-in-arm—the producers, Will, Bruce, me, and Alexander,” she says.

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Mr. Carr declined refreshment for the present; and he and Val strolled out arm-in-arm.

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While he was making his visit, she walked a little apart, arm-in-arm with Laura. '

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He walked arm-in-arm with the Queen, who looked well and very much pleased.

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Frken Knudsgaard glanced furtively at father and son, and saw that they were standing arm-in-arm.

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It became the fashion to be seen arm-in-arm with him in the quadrangle, and to inquire from him in public for 'Finola.'

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Related Words

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