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glove

Definition

  • noun: a covering for the hand that has separate parts for each finger
  • noun: a covering for the hand having separate sections for each of the fingers and the thumb and often extending part way up the arm
  • verb: to cover with or as if with a glove
  • often used figuratively in the phrases 'take off the gloves' and 'the gloves are off' to say that people are beginning to criticize or attack each other in a very harsh and direct way
  • synonyms: gauntlet, muffler, muffle

Examples

  • The candidates have 'taken off the gloves' and started to make personal attacks against each other.

  • School reform is a sensitive issue, and many politicians treat it 'with kid gloves'.

  • We are working 'hand in glove' with the police to recover the stolen property.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Wait. You got engaged to someone you just met? Yeah. Anyway, I got mad and so she got mad. And then she tried to walk away, and I grabbed her glove... Hang on. You mean to tell me. You got engaged to someone you just met?! Yes. Pay attention. But the thing is... she wore the gloves all the time, (..)
    2013 Frozen
  • (..) Your Majesty, if I may ease your... No, you may not. And I-I think you should go. The party is over. Close the gates. Yes, Your Majesty. What? Elsa, no. No, wait! Give me my glove! Elsa, please. Please. I can't live like this anymore. ... Then leave. ... What did I ever do to you?! Enough, Anna. (..)
    2013 Frozen