Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hand in glove

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English

Syllables: hand in -glove
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In very close cooperation.

Example Sentences

"The vendors were working hand in glove with our people."
"Isn't it beautiful to see two people / So much in love? / Barenaked as two virgins hand in hand / And hand and hand in glove"
"Residential containerization is a mandatory citywide initiative, and our office will be working hand in glove with the administration and DSNY to make sure this rollout makes sense for Staten Island and goes as smoothly as possible for our communities."

Inflected Forms

more hand in glove (comparative) most hand in glove (superlative) hand and glove (alternative) hand-in-glove (alternative)

Synonyms

hand and glove cooperatively

Questions

What does hand in glove mean?: In very close cooperation.

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