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go hand in hand (third-person singular simple present goes hand in hand, present participle going hand in hand, simple past went hand in hand, past participle gone hand in hand)

1. Template:idiomatic Of two things, to be closely related or to go together well; see hand in hand.
2. Literally, “{{{1}}}” Of two people, to hold hands.
   • 1894, Edward Phillips Oppenheim, A monk of Cruta, page 321:

     Wait for me! Let us go hand in hand–hand in hand through the Valley of the Shadow of Death. Oh, my love! it has been a weary, weary while.

   • 2000, Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, Respect, page 238:

     We came into the world like brother and brother;

     And now let's go hand in hand, not one before the other.