arm in arm
arm in arm adverb: with arms linked together; with arms around each other's shoulder or waist. (of two or more people).
Adverb
arm in arm (not comparable)
- With arms linked together; with arms around each other's shoulder or waist. (of two or more people)
- The two friends walked along arm in arm.
- 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...
- Synonyms:
- arm in crook
- 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
Synonyms of arm in arm
Forms of arm in arm
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Questions about arm in arm
- What does arm in arm mean?
- Arm in arm means with arms linked together; with arms around each other's shoulder or waist. (of two or more people).
- What part of speech is arm in arm?
- Arm in arm is an adverb.
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