Usually means: Perfectly coordinated or closely fitting.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word hand in glove:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. hand in glove: Merriam-Webster
  2. hand in glove: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hand in glove: Collins English Dictionary
  4. hand in glove: Vocabulary.com
  5. hand in glove: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. hand-in-glove, hand in glove: Wiktionary
  7. hand in glove: Dictionary.com
  8. Hand in Glove (novel), Hand in Glove: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. hand in glove: Rhymezone
  10. hand in glove: FreeDictionary.org
  11. hand in glove: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. hand in glove: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. hand in glove: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. hand in glove: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hand in glove)

▸ adverb:  (idiomatic) In very close cooperation.

Similar:
hand and glove, cooperatively, shoulder-to-shoulder, togetherlike, side by side, hand in hand, closehanded, nearly, coordinatedly, closely, more...

Opposite:
at odds, incompatible, discordant, conflicting, incongruous

Phrases:
an iron hand in a velvet glove, more...

Adjectives:
handfast, handholding, manal, hh, vice, handed, hend, hold, handy, handcarried, grippy

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Similar:
hand and glove, cooperatively, shoulder-to-shoulder, togetherlike, side by side, hand in hand, closehanded, nearly, coordinatedly, closely, more...

Opposite:
at odds, incompatible, discordant, conflicting, incongruous

Phrases:
an iron hand in a velvet glove, more...

Adjectives:
handfast, handholding, manal, hh, vice, handed, hend, hold, handy, handcarried, grippy



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