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  • 1from hand to hand — {adv. phr.} From one person to another and another. * /The box of candy was passed from hand to hand./ * /Jane brought her engagement ring, and it passed from hand to hand until all the girls had admired it./ …

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  • 2from hand to hand — {adv. phr.} From one person to another and another. * /The box of candy was passed from hand to hand./ * /Jane brought her engagement ring, and it passed from hand to hand until all the girls had admired it./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 3from\ hand\ to\ hand — adv. phr. From one person to another and another. The box of candy was passed from hand to hand. Jane brought her engagement ring, and it passed from hand to hand until all the girls had admired it …

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  • 4Passed midshipman — Pass Pass, v. t. 1. In simple, transitive senses; as: (a) To go by, beyond, over, through, or the like; to proceed from one side to the other of; as, to pass a house, a stream, a boundary, etc. (b) Hence: To go from one limit to the other of; to… …

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  • 5Hand pass — A hand pass is an ice hockey term for when a player batts the puck from himself to a team mate. This is allowed if a defending player passes the puck to a team mate who is within his own half of the rink and it is received within the same… …

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  • 6hand — {{11}}hand (n.) O.E. hond, hand hand; side; power, control, possession, from P.Gmc. *khanduz (Cf. O.S., O.Fris., Du., Ger. hand, O.N. hönd, Goth. handus). The original Old English plural handa was superseded in Middle English by handen, later… …

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  • 7hand — 1 noun PART OF THE BODY 1 (C) the part at the end of a person s arm, including the fingers and thumb, used to pick up or keep hold of things: He held the pencil in his right hand. | Go wash your hands. | hold hands: They kissed and held hands. |… …

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  • 8hand — /hænd / (say hand) noun 1. (in humans) the terminal, prehensile part of the arm, consisting of the palm and five digits. 2. the corresponding part of the forelimb in any of the higher vertebrates. 3. the terminal part of any limb when prehensile …

  • 9hand-me-up — n. A used object, especially an article of clothing, passed from a younger person to an older person. adj. v. Example Citations: Until knock off time at 5 pm from his Little India den, he maintains contact with the outside world via an old, hand… …

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  • 10hand-to-hand — adjective being at close quarters (Freq. 2) hand to hand fighting • Similar to: ↑close * * * | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: hand to hand 1. : being at very close quarters …

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