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arm in arm

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  1. 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.

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Rachel was arm in arm with Alyx, Oliver trailing behind them.

From Literature

Will Jacks and Rehan Ahmed, two 20-somethings bursting with talent, arm in arm in the middle of the pitch as smiles beamed from the sidelines.

From BBC

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

From The Wall Street Journal

They’re walking arm in arm, and their heads are close together.

From Literature

Besides, she was too busy prancing around Jenkintown arm in arm with Mrs. Maroney to take any notice.

From Literature

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