phrasal verb / idiom · neutral
go hand in hand with
UK/ɡəʊ hænd ɪn hænd wɪð/US/ɡoʊ hænd ɪn hænd wɪð/go HAND in HAND with
to be closely related or connected; to occur together
Examples
“In many cities, pollution goes hand in hand with industrial growth.”
“High crime rates often go hand in hand with poverty.”
“Technological change and social disruption can go hand in hand.”
Band 8 sentence
“Economic liberalisation often goes hand in hand with structural changes in the labour market.”
Collocations
- go hand in hand with poverty
- go hand in hand with growth
Word family
Common mistakes
These two problems go together with each other.→These two problems go hand in hand with each other.
This issue goes hands in hand with unemployment.→This issue goes hand in hand with unemployment.
Say it for a higher band
5be linked with→6be related to→7+go hand in hand with
Synonyms
be closely linked to
coincide with
Easily confused
coincide with
“The festival coincided with the national holiday.”
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