link arms
idiom
: to hook bent arms together at the elbow
The elderly couple linked arms as they walked down the street.
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Prompted by the song, fans link arms and jump to the left.
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Ben Church, CNN, 10 July 2024
Cut out a batch of paper hearts and write instructions on each one: Skip, crab-walk, link arms back-to-back with a teammate, and so on.
—Catherine Holecko, Parents, 29 July 2024
The organizing group, Students Against Apartheid, began directing students and demonstrators to link arms in an attempt to avoid arrest.
—Helen Rummel, The Arizona Republic, 26 Apr. 2024
Kissinger and Nixon originally hoped to link arms control issues to Vietnam, in an effort to get the Soviets to pressure Hanoi to stop attacking the South.
—Joseph S. Nye Jr., Foreign Affairs, 30 Nov. 2023
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Ben Church, CNN, 10 July 2024
Cut out a batch of paper hearts and write instructions on each one: Skip, crab-walk, link arms back-to-back with a teammate, and so on.
—Catherine Holecko, Parents, 29 July 2024
The organizing group, Students Against Apartheid, began directing students and demonstrators to link arms in an attempt to avoid arrest.
—Helen Rummel, The Arizona Republic, 26 Apr. 2024
Kissinger and Nixon originally hoped to link arms control issues to Vietnam, in an effort to get the Soviets to pressure Hanoi to stop attacking the South.
—Joseph S. Nye Jr., Foreign Affairs, 30 Nov. 2023
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“Link arms.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/link%20arms. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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