dovetail with

dovetail with (something)

1. Literally, to fit together with another piece through the use of a dovetail joint. A: "I think that part of the table is supposed to dovetail with this one." B: "No, it doesn't fit."

2. To go along nicely with something. Well, if my schedule ends up dovetailing with yours, maybe we can meet up for lunch after all.

dovetail with something

1. . Lit. to interlock tightly with something using a dovetail joint. The side of the drawer dovetails with the front of the drawer.

2. Fig. to fit neatly into something. Your story doesn't dovetail with mine very well.

See also: dovetail

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

See also:

dovetail
dovetail with (something)
literally
(the) survival of the fittest
beat the daylights out of
beat the hell out of
beat the hell out of (one)
beat the living daylights out of someone
beat/knock/kick the hell out of somebody/something
beat/scare the daylights out of somebody

References in periodicals archive

It you have a milling machine, it is a small matter to machine a perfect dovetail with a 0.25-inch dovetail cutter.

Secrets of the red front sight insert: it can be installed easily if you follow a few simple rules

I should also point out that my dovetail cutter was designed to make a dovetail with 65 [degrees] edges or angles.

Renovating a Rolling Block: last time (6/10 issue), Coffield made a forearm and installed the sights. This time, he relines the barrel and modifies the breechblock

"Their track record within the burgeoning healthcare design market and expanding presence in the Texas region dovetail with Syska Hennessy's strategic goals for continued growth within focused markets."

Syska acquisition will help budding health practice

Huddleston's speech will dovetail with a session on the MTC's and Federation of Tax Administrators' recent audit initiatives.)

Midyear Conference to feature Treasury Secretary Snow, IRS Commissioner Everson, and MTC's Huddleston: tax reform, financial reporting, and technical tax issues highlight program

The findings dovetail with work at one of the few other long-term deep-ocean study sites: the Northeast Atlantic's Porcupine Abyssal Plain, which the Southampton center has studied.

Deep-sea cukes can't avoid the weather: El Nino changes life 2.5 miles down

Gibson's findings dovetail with those of another new study presented in this issue, in which Georgia researchers Stanley M.

The simple truth about MCS: low-tech solutions for real suffering

Their socially oriented practices clearly dovetail with the interests of Documenta 10 director Catherine David, who is the "conceptual curator" of this show organized by MACBA curator Roland Groenenboom.

Dias & Riedweg

"The acquisition of Nutrition Week and its offices will dovetail with our plans to have a substantial physical presence in the nation's capital."

Nutrition Week

The project will dovetail with each of the three phases of the NJIT grant.

State to serve as guinea pig for parking facility study

That would dovetail with a theory that Titan contains lakes or ponds of hydrocarbons.

Titanic images, groovy shots: Cassini arrives at Saturn

Still , Bechtle's poetic, rueful focus on the architecture of the American middle class seems to dovetail with that of a crop of young Bay Area photographers, the most prominent being Todd Hido, whose eerie night shots of single-family dwellings possess a similar cul-de-sac melancholy.

Robert Bechtle. (Reviews: San Francisco)

Will this putative interest in curating for curating's sake dovetail with the Serpentine's glamorous profile and frankly international programming?

Small wonder: Frances Richard on Rochelle Steiner. (Preview)

In particular, the new data dovetail with a report that sounds from sources in motion stimulate extra activity in the right visual cortex of blind people.

Sight sounds off in brains of the deaf. (Behavior)

The observations dovetail with the theory that massive exploding stars and colliding dense objects produce gamma-ray bursts.

Hubble captures a burst's afterglow

These preliminary findings dovetail with results from a trial reported in the March 23 Lancet showing that people with atherosclerosis who took vitamin E supplements for 17 months experienced fewer heart attacks and a lower incidence of death from heart disease.

Vitamin E slows artery 'aging.' (may reduce arterial plaque)(Brief Article)

词组	dovetail with
释义	dovetail with dovetail with (something) 1. Literally, to fit together with another piece through the use of a dovetail joint. A: "I think that part of the table is supposed to dovetail with this one." B: "No, it doesn't fit." 2. To go along nicely with something. Well, if my schedule ends up dovetailing with yours, maybe we can meet up for lunch after all. See also: dovetail Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. dovetail with something 1. . Lit. to interlock tightly with something using a dovetail joint. The side of the drawer dovetails with the front of the drawer. 2. Fig. to fit neatly into something. Your story doesn't dovetail with mine very well. See also: dovetail McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: dovetail dovetail with (something) literally (the) survival of the fittest beat the daylights out of beat the hell out of beat the hell out of (one) beat the living daylights out of someone beat/knock/kick the hell out of somebody/something beat/scare the daylights out of somebody References in periodicals archive It you have a milling machine, it is a small matter to machine a perfect dovetail with a 0.25-inch dovetail cutter. Secrets of the red front sight insert: it can be installed easily if you follow a few simple rules I should also point out that my dovetail cutter was designed to make a dovetail with 65 [degrees] edges or angles. Renovating a Rolling Block: last time (6/10 issue), Coffield made a forearm and installed the sights. This time, he relines the barrel and modifies the breechblock "Their track record within the burgeoning healthcare design market and expanding presence in the Texas region dovetail with Syska Hennessy's strategic goals for continued growth within focused markets." Syska acquisition will help budding health practice Huddleston's speech will dovetail with a session on the MTC's and Federation of Tax Administrators' recent audit initiatives.) Midyear Conference to feature Treasury Secretary Snow, IRS Commissioner Everson, and MTC's Huddleston: tax reform, financial reporting, and technical tax issues highlight program The findings dovetail with work at one of the few other long-term deep-ocean study sites: the Northeast Atlantic's Porcupine Abyssal Plain, which the Southampton center has studied. Deep-sea cukes can't avoid the weather: El Nino changes life 2.5 miles down Gibson's findings dovetail with those of another new study presented in this issue, in which Georgia researchers Stanley M. The simple truth about MCS: low-tech solutions for real suffering Their socially oriented practices clearly dovetail with the interests of Documenta 10 director Catherine David, who is the "conceptual curator" of this show organized by MACBA curator Roland Groenenboom. Dias & Riedweg "The acquisition of Nutrition Week and its offices will dovetail with our plans to have a substantial physical presence in the nation's capital." Nutrition Week The project will dovetail with each of the three phases of the NJIT grant. State to serve as guinea pig for parking facility study That would dovetail with a theory that Titan contains lakes or ponds of hydrocarbons. Titanic images, groovy shots: Cassini arrives at Saturn Still , Bechtle's poetic, rueful focus on the architecture of the American middle class seems to dovetail with that of a crop of young Bay Area photographers, the most prominent being Todd Hido, whose eerie night shots of single-family dwellings possess a similar cul-de-sac melancholy. Robert Bechtle. (Reviews: San Francisco) Will this putative interest in curating for curating's sake dovetail with the Serpentine's glamorous profile and frankly international programming? Small wonder: Frances Richard on Rochelle Steiner. (Preview) In particular, the new data dovetail with a report that sounds from sources in motion stimulate extra activity in the right visual cortex of blind people. Sight sounds off in brains of the deaf. (Behavior) The observations dovetail with the theory that massive exploding stars and colliding dense objects produce gamma-ray bursts. Hubble captures a burst's afterglow These preliminary findings dovetail with results from a trial reported in the March 23 Lancet showing that people with atherosclerosis who took vitamin E supplements for 17 months experienced fewer heart attacks and a lower incidence of death from heart disease. Vitamin E slows artery 'aging.' (may reduce arterial plaque)(Brief Article)
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