"arm in arm" meaning in English

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Adverb

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} arm in arm (not comparable)
  1. With arms linked together; with arms around each other's shoulder or waist. (of two or more people) Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: arm in crook Translations (arms linked or around each other's shoulder or waist): del braç (Catalan), del bracet (Catalan), arm in arm (Dutch), gearmd (Dutch), käsikynkkää (Finnish), käsikoukkua (english: arms linked) (Finnish), kaulakkain (Finnish), kaulaillen (english: around shoulders) (Finnish), käsi vyötäröllä (english: around waist) (Finnish), bras dessus bras dessous (French), Arm in Arm (German), untergehakt (German), αγκαζέ (agkazé) (Greek), uillinn ar uillinn (Irish), in uillinn a chéile (Irish), sottobraccio [masculine] (Italian), a braccetto (Italian), uillin er uillin (Manx), kōtui (Maori), tui (Maori), de braços dados (Portuguese), рука́ о́б ру́ку (ruká ób rúku) (Russian), по́д ру́ку (pód rúku) (Russian), kol kola (Turkish)
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  2. (figuratively) In collusion, in concert (with someone). Tags: figuratively, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-arm_in_arm-en-adv-yKTEzMgp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: arm-in-arm Related terms: hand in hand

Alternative forms

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