hand in hand

Speech parts

1. hand in hand - Adverb

2. hand in hand - Phrase

Meaning

clasping each other's hands

together

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

hand-in-hand

Synonyms

together collectively mutually jointly side by side unitedly conjointly cooperatively

Antonyms

alone apart independently solely individually singly
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Examples

Laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the general progress of the human mind. Thomas Jefferson

Government's role should be only to keep the playing field level, and to work hand in hand with business on issues such as employment. But beyond this, to as great an extent as possible, it should get the hell out of the way. Jesse Ventura

Hand in hand with nationalist economic isolationism, militarism struggles to maintain the sovereign state against the forward march of internationalism. Christian Lous Lange

Luck and laziness go hand in hand. Irish Proverb

‘hurry' and ‘well' never go hand in hand. Haitian Proverb

A speedy wrestling and a bad fall go hand in hand. Nigerian Proverb

Words in the phrase

hand in

Close letter words and terms

hand impairment hand in hand in glove hand in one's dinner pail hand in resignation hand in the cookie jar