hand in hand

See also: hand-in-hand and Hand in Hand

English

Alternative forms

• hand-in-hand

Etymology

Dates back at least to Old English hand on handa, of the same meaning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhændɪnˈhænd/

• Audio (US):

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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.

   • 2022 February 9, Tom Allett, “The BTP's eyes and ears in the air”, in RAIL, number 950, page 50:

     Owing to sensitivities about the force's capabilities, Russell is unable to say how many drones BTP has, or where and when they operate. But he does confide that the force works hand in hand with the helicopter service, and its ability to deploy drones is getting quicker.

3. (obsolete) Just; fair; equitable.
   • 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:

     As fair and as good, a kind of hand in hand comparison.

Translations

holding or clasping hands

• Catalan: de la mà
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 手拉手地 (zh) (shǒu lāshǒu de), 攜手地／携手地 (zh) (xiéshǒu de, xīshǒu de)

• Dutch: hand in hand
• Finnish: käsi kädessä, käsikkäin
• French: main dans la main (fr)
• German: Hand in Hand
• Greek: χέρι-χέρι (chéri-chéri)
• Hungarian: kéz a kézben (hu), kézen fogva
• Italian: a mani giunte, mano nella mano
• Japanese: 手をつないで (てをつないで, te o tsunaide)
• Latin: manibus nexis
• Old English: hand on handa
• Polish: ręka w rękę
• Portuguese: de mãos dadas
• Russian: рука́ о́б ру́ку (ru) (ruká ób rúku)
• Spanish: de la mano (es)
• Turkish: el ele (tr)
• Ukrainian: пліч-о-пліч (plič-o-plič)

naturally together

• Finnish: käsi kädessä; kuulua (fi) (go hand in hand, verb)
• German: Hand in Hand
• Greek: χέρι-χέρι (chéri-chéri)
• Italian: mano nella mano
• Russian: вместе (ru) (vmeste), сообща (ru) (soobšča), в тесном взаимодействии / связи (v tesnom vzaimodejstvii / svjazi), рука́ о́б ру́ку (ru) (ruká ób rúku)
• Ukrainian: рука́ в ру́ку (ruká v rúku)

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Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: man-en-mane

See also

• arm in arm

References

• “hand in hand”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.