arm in arm

Idioms  

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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arm in arm

Called to testify, Franco’s daughter Adriana denied she was ever in a relationship with Quintero, even after Quintero’s lawyer confronted her with photographs of the two arm in arm.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

“He approached it much more like, ‘Hey, Matt, we’ve been in the battle together, we’ve walked arm in arm, you know my beliefs.

From Salon ● May 23, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026

At one point, the crowd burst into applause: a large group of firefighters and rescue workers in uniform had reached the memorial, and stood arm in arm, sobbing.

From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2026

Then a sudden fanfare of trumpets sounded and he jumped to the floor, bowing deeply as Gertrude and Claudius, arm in arm, descended the processional stairs into the great hall.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

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