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On intimate terms, in close association, as in The internist is hand in glove with the surgeon, so you'd better get a second opinion. This metaphoric expression for a close fit was already included in John Ray's 1678 collection of proverbs, when it was put hand and glove.

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It's my belief you're hand-in-glove with Choo Hoo, for all your tender ways—dear me!
Wood Magic|Richard Jefferies
General Gutchkoff was a Jew and the director of the dreaded political police, with whom Rogogin, of course, worked hand-in-glove.
The Minister of Evil|William Le Queux
But what if Borkins and Merriton had been working hand-in-glove, and then, somehow or other, had had a split?
The Riddle of the Frozen Flame|Mary E. Hanshew
Tregurtha came walking informally through the garden, for was he not hand-in-glove with the admiral?
A Mock Idyl|Percy Ross

There is no doubt that, in a certain sense, all inns were anciently hand-in-glove with the highwaymen.
The Old Inns of Old England, Volume I (of 2)|Charles G. Harper

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