de mãos dadas

Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, “of given hands”.

Adverb

de mãos dadas (not comparable)

  1. hand in hand (holding or clasping hands)
    • 1940, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, “Mãos Dadas”, in Sentimento do mundo:
      O presente é tão grande, não nos afastemos / Não nos afastemos muito, vamos de mãos dadas
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (figuratively) hand in hand (having a correlation or relationship)
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