hand-in-glove
Working as one
Hand-in-glove describes an extremely close relationship, especially one involving collaboration or conspiracy: The mayor worked hand-in-glove with developers.
The image is of a hand fitting perfectly inside its glove—inseparable, coordinated, moving as one.
The phrase often implies the closeness serves mutual interests, sometimes questionable ones.
Shared business arrangement
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- synergyCombined effect exceeding components
alliance · tandem · lockstep · concert · unison · harmony · integration · interplay
Fraudulent secret cooperation
- complicityShared criminal involvement
- cahootsInformal term for conspiracy
- schemingCrafty and calculating
- connivanceWillful blindness to wrongdoing
clandestine · covert · underhanded · intrigue · secrecy · plot · cabal · subterfuge
partnership
Shared business arrangement
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
synergy · alliance · tandem · lockstep · concert · unison · harmony · integration · interplay · symbiosis
collusion
Fraudulent secret cooperation
- complicityShared criminal involvement
- cahootsInformal term for conspiracy
- schemingCrafty and calculating
connivance · clandestine · covert · underhanded · intrigue · secrecy · plot · cabal · subterfuge · cloak-and-dagger
hand-in-gloveat odds
In a state of conflict
at loggerheads · at each other's throats · at daggers drawn · disagreeing · in conflict
hand-in-gloveincompatible
Unable to exist together
mismatched · ill-suited · at odds · ill-fitting · discordant
hand-in-gloveuncoordinated
Lacking physical grace
out of sync · disjointed · disconnected · at cross-purposes · misaligned
hand, glove, hands, gloves, handed, handing, handy, handily, handful