/ · 1894 Brewer’s · C · Chime in with (To)
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To be in harmony with, to accord with, to fall in with. The allusion is to chiming bells.
“This chimed in with Mr. Dombey’s own hope and belief.”—Dickens: Dombey and Son.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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