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In harmony with other factors, in a matching style, as in This furniture is perfectly in key with the overall design . This term uses key in the musical sense, that is, “a scheme of notes related to one another.” The antonym, out of key , means “not in harmony with other factors,” or “unsuitable,” as in He is out of key with his time . [c. 1900]

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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