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HAND IN GLOVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hand in glove mean? 

HAND IN GLOVE (adverb)
  The adverb HAND IN GLOVE has 1 sense:

1. in close cooperationplay

  Familiarity information: HAND IN GLOVE used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HAND IN GLOVE (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

In close cooperation

Synonyms:

cooperatively; hand and glove; hand in glove

Context example:

they work hand in glove


 Context examples 


Jim Hall believed that the judge knew all about it and was hand in glove with the police in the perpetration of the monstrous injustice.

(White Fang, by Jack London)



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