dovetail with

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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.

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With prize money of pounds 50,000 it is designed to dovetail with the premier races for second season sprinters at York in June and Newmarket in early July. Shorts by The Journal (Newcastle, England)			door door to door door-to-door doornail doors open up doorstep dope dope up dos and don'ts dose doss down dot dot the/ i's and cross the/ t's dote on double double as double back double Dutch double over double up double-dipping double-talk doubt doubting Thomas doughnut dovetail with down and dirty down in the dumps down memory lane down on luck down South down the drain Down the hatch Down the hatch! down the line down the little red lane down the pike down the road down the street down the toilet down the tube down to a gnat 's eyebrow down to chili and beans down to the last detail down to the wire down tools down with a disease down-and-dirty down-at-heel down-home down-to-earth			dovetail dovetail dovetail dovetail anchor slot dovetail baluster dovetail brick dovetail cramp dovetail cutter dovetail feather joint dovetail half-lap joint dovetail halved joint dovetail halving joint dovetail hinge dovetail joint dovetail joint dovetail joint dovetail joint dovetail lath dovetail margin dovetail miter Dovetail molding Dovetail molding dovetail notch dovetail plane dovetail plane Dovetail saw Dovetail saw dovetail saws dovetail saws dovetail sheeting dovetail with dovetailed dovetailed dovetailed dovetailed Dovetailed Seniority List Area dovetailing dovetailing dovetailing dovetailing dovetails dovetails dovetails dovetails DOVF Dovgalevskii, Valerian Dovgalevskii, Valerian Savelevich DOVI DOVIA Dovid Dovid Dovid Dovid Dovid Bergelson Dovidaitis, Jonas Dovie Beams Love Child dovish dovish dovish dovish dovish

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