hand-in-hand (?.)
- allied
- approaching
- approximate
- approximating
- arm-in-arm
- assembled
- associated
- banded together
- bound
- bracketed
- burning
- cheek-by-jowl
- close
- collected
- conjoined
- connected
- copulate
- coupled
- familiar
- gathered
- hand and glove
- hand-in-glove
- hot
- incorporated
- inseparable
- integrated
- intimate
- joined
- knotted
- leagued
- linked
- matched
- mated
- merged
- near
- near the mark
- nearing
- nearish
- nigh
- nighish
- paired
- propinque
- proximal
- proximate
- side-by-side
- spliced
- thick
- thick as thieves
- tied
- undivided
- united
- unseparated
- vicinal
- warm
- wedded
- yoked