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Jackson6612 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Flat statements, no hesitation. They jived with the letter.

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I was watching the movie Rear Window and it had the phrase "jived with the letter". I don't get the meaning of this phrase and 'http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/jive?s=t' has no meaning which doesn't really make sense here. Could you please help me with it? Thank you.

Flat statements, no hesitation. They jived with the letter.
Source: http://movie-sounds.org/old-movie-samples/sound-clips-from-rear-window-1954/flat-statements-no-hesitation-they-jived-with-the-letter
  

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I can't tell for sure whether he says jived or jibed in the clip, but the correct word there would be jibed , which means was in accordance with, or was in agreement with .

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  • I can't tell for sure whether he says jived or jibed in the clip, but the correct word there would be jibed , which means was in accordance with, or was in agreement with .
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I can't tell for sure whether he says jived or jibed in the clip, but the correct word there would be jibed, which means was in accordance with, or was in agreement with.
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It should say "They jibed with the letter." Meaning, their statements matched or agreed with what was in the letter. "Jive" is incorrect.
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It's slang.
It means that the statements matched or agreed with what was said in the letter.
Another form of the word is jibed.

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