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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Example Sentences

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

After laying their flowers, they walked away, arm in arm.

From Barron's

Back to 2025 and King Charles and Queen Camilla are arm in arm in their Christmas card - a show of unity in what's been a busy year.

From BBC

On sunny afternoons they strolled arm in arm through the daffodils, which were already at the peak of cheerful yellow bloom.

From Literature

Arm in arm, young people of different faiths perform the dabke, an Arabic folk dance, in the Italian port of Ostia, elated by a visit from Pope Leo XIV.

From Barron's

Related Words

• accordingly
• collectively
• cooperatively
• in tandem
• mutually
• simultaneously
• together
• unitedly