arm in arm

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English

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Three women lying arm in arm
Two men standing arm in arm

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arm in arm (not comparable)

  1. With arms linked together; with arms around each other's shoulder or waist. (of two or more people)
    Synonym: arm in crook
    The two friends walked along arm in arm.
  2. (figuratively) In collusion, in concert (with someone).
    • 1989, Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day[1], London: Faber and Faber, pages 75–76:
      ‘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.’

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