hand in hand
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3.2
- idiom
:
de la mano
- The two organizations worked together, hand in hand, to address the pressing environmental issues.
- go hand in hand
- work hand in hand
- hand in hand with economic reform
And so patience goes hand in hand with being inside your own self.
- And so patience goes hand in hand with being inside your own self.
- Culture and law work hand in hand to a degree in ebbs and flows.
- I think you said that beauty and blood went hand in hand for the Aztec.
- And that kind of means these businesses go hand in hand.
- So functionalization and schedules go hand in hand.
- A big next sign, and I believe these two need to go hand in hand, is that he wants to see you.
- Yeah, they usually go hand in hand.
- It appears that both petitions go hand in hand.
- And I think those two things do go hand in hand.
- OK, so kind of kind of going hand in hand with the beauty issue, right?
Examples
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Our faith is a living thing, precisely because it walks hand-in-hand with doubt.
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Additional approaches for teaching general music work hand in hand with traditional methods of instruction.
Academic text (2012) -
We shall cross the finish line hand in hand.
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Right now, we want to work hand in hand with the park service.
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The increase in population goes hand in hand with intensive construction of roads and highways.
Academic text (1993) -
For years, he's worked hand in hand with his brother, David.
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Culture and law work hand in hand to a degree in ebbs and flows.
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Our human rights as a people and the protection of our wildlife and environment go hand-in-hand.
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According to one officer, "Social work goes hand in hand with the new concept of community-oriented policing."
Academic text (1997) -
In this project, innovation and tradition go hand in hand to create something truly unique.
Synonyms
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1.0
With other people to do something as a group
39
3.5
Together with other people or groups to do something
31
3.4
Living or working closely together in the same place
12
3.5
Work together in a coordinated way
12
3.5
Working together with others to reach the same goal
7
3.3
By working together to reach a common goal
2
7.0
Working very closely in a secret or dishonest way
1
6.8
In a way that happens together with other people or things
1
6.1
Working very closely together
Antonyms
How Close
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'closely connected or working together' is directly derivable from the literal image of two hands placed/held together, so combining 'hand' + 'in' + 'hand' yields the idea of togetherness. This spatial/physical image is cross-linguistically common and follows a simple compositional pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the parts would likely infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Hand in hand comes from the picture of people joining one hand with another to show they are together and help each other. That's why it now means 'closely connected' or 'working together'.