Definitions

arm in arm

ADJECTIVE

hand in glove

Synonyms

WEAK

hand and glove hand in hand in tandem thick thick as thieves

ADVERB

cheek by jowl

Synonyms

WEAK

beside one another by the side of cheek to cheek close close together crowded hand in glove hand in hand on one side shoulder to shoulder side by side very intimate yardarm to yardarm

ADVERB

jointly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accordingly collectively cooperatively in tandem mutually simultaneously together unitedly

STRONG

conjointly

WEAK

agreeably alike coincidentally combined companionably concomitantly concurrently connectedly en masse hand in glove hand in hand harmoniously in a group in common in company with in concert in conjunction in league in partnership in unison inextricably inseparably intimately reciprocally side by side similarly synchronically with one another

Antonyms

WEAK

singly

Example Sentences

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The couple made their entrance — arm in arm — with Sonenshein in a tea-length, corseted gown and Vahle in a bespoke suit the shade of a Liguria olive.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

Once we fought the Cold War arm in arm against “tyrannical forces” that “censored dissidents, that closed churches.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

After laying their flowers, they walked away, arm in arm.

From Barron's • Jan. 1, 2026

Don Bradman walking off for a duck, Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh arm in arm, Stuart Broad denying Australia one last time.

From BBC • Aug. 3, 2025

We ran arm in arm, tripping through a field rent with furrows and ditches, falling and catching each other in an epileptic dance.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs

arm in arm

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