"fit like a glove" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-fit like a glove.ogg Forms: fits like a glove [present, singular, third-person], fitting like a glove [participle, present], fit like a glove [past], fitted like a glove [past], fit like a glove [participle, past]
Rhymes: -ʌv Head templates: {{en-verb|fit<,,fit> like a glove|past2=fitted like a glove}} fit like a glove (third-person singular simple present fits like a glove, present participle fitting like a glove, simple past fit like a glove or fitted like a glove, past participle fit like a glove)
  1. (simile) To be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size. Related terms: suit down to the ground Translations (to be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size): padnout jako ulitý (Czech), sopia kuin valettu [idiomatic] (Finnish), sopia kuin nakutettu [idiomatic] (Finnish), sopia kuin nyrkki silmään [humorous, idiomatic] (Finnish), aller comme un gant (French), mintha ráöntötték volna (Hungarian), falla eins og flís við rass (Icelandic), ぴったりだ (pittari-da) (Japanese), pasować w sam raz (Polish), pasować jak ulał (Polish), servir como uma luva (Portuguese), cair como uma luva (Portuguese), caber como uma luva (Portuguese), влитой (vlitoj) (Russian), sentar como un guante (Spanish), como anillo al dedo (Spanish), passa som hand i handske (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fit_like_a_glove-en-verb-baoGLaCD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English similes, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations
     
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          "sense": "to be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size",
          "word": "padnout jako ulitý"
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          "sense": "to be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size",
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          "word": "sopia kuin valettu"
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          "word": "sopia kuin nyrkki silmään"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size",
          "word": "aller comme un gant"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size",
          "word": "mintha ráöntötték volna"
        },
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size",
          "word": "falla eins og flís við rass"
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          "roman": "pittari-da",
          "sense": "to be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size",
          "word": "ぴったりだ"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size",
          "word": "pasować w sam raz"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size",
          "word": "pasować jak ulał"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size",
          "word": "servir como uma luva"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size",
          "word": "cair como uma luva"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size",
          "word": "caber como uma luva"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vlitoj",
          "sense": "to be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size",
          "word": "влитой"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size",
          "word": "sentar como un guante"
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          "sense": "to be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size",
          "word": "como anillo al dedo"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "to be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size",
      "word": "padnout jako ulitý"
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      "sense": "to be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size",
      "word": "aller comme un gant"
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      "word": "mintha ráöntötték volna"
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      "sense": "to be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size",
      "word": "falla eins og flís við rass"
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      "sense": "to be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size",
      "word": "ぴったりだ"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size",
      "word": "pasować w sam raz"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size",
      "word": "pasować jak ulał"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size",
      "word": "servir como uma luva"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size",
      "word": "cair como uma luva"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size",
      "word": "caber como uma luva"
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      "roman": "vlitoj",
      "sense": "to be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size",
      "word": "влитой"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size",
      "word": "sentar como un guante"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size",
      "word": "como anillo al dedo"
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      "word": "passa som hand i handske"
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