hand in hand
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˌhændɪnˈhænd/
Adverb

hand in hand (not comparable)

  1. Holding or clasping hands.
    The couple strolled down the sidewalk, hand in hand.
  2. (figurative) Naturally, ordinarily or predictably together; commonly having a correlation or relationship.
    The tendency to follow trends and explore one's sense of self goes hand in hand with being a teenager.
  3. (obsolete) Just; fair; equitable.
    • 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene iv]:
      As fair and as good, a kind of hand in hand comparison.
Translations
  • French: main dans la main
  • German: Hand in Hand
  • Italian: a mani giunte, mano nella mano
  • Portuguese: de mãos dadas
  • Russian: рука́ о́б ру́ку
  • Spanish: de la mano, de la mano
Translations
  • German: Hand in Hand
  • Italian: mano nella mano
  • Russian: рука́ о́б ру́ку



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