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  • 31hand over fist — if you make or lose money hand over fist, you make or lose large amounts of it very quickly. Business was good and we were making money hand over fist …

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  • 32hand over fist — mod. repeatedly and energetically, especially as with taking in money in a great volume. □ We were taking in fees hand over fist, and the people were lined up for blocks. □ The money came in hand over fist at the BO …

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  • 33hand-over-hand —    A technique in which a teacher places his or her hand over a student s hand in order to teach a skill manually …

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  • 34hand over fist — Synonyms and related words: amain, apace, at flank speed, at once, by forced marches, cursorily, double quick, expeditiously, fast, feverishly, furiously, hand over hand, hastily, hell for leather, hell bent, hell bent for election, helter… …

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  • 35hand·over — /ˈhændˌoʊvɚ/ noun [singular] : the act or process of giving control of someone or something to another person, country, etc. the handover of power from the old government to the new government see also hand over at ↑hand, 2 …

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  • 36hand over — give them to me, fork over    Hand over the keys to the safe give them to me now! …

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  • 37hand over the reins — to allow someone else to control something you controlled previously, especially an organization or a country. Company chiefs are often reluctant to hand over the reins of power to younger people. I built up the business, but I handed over the… …

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  • 38hand over fist — adverb Date: 1825 quickly and in large amounts < making money hand over fist > …

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  • 39hand over fist — adverb Quickly or in great quantity, especially in reference to earning money. He didnt earn much, but the company seemed to rake in money hand over fist …

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  • 40hand over — phr verb Hand over is used with these nouns as the object: ↑cheque, ↑control, ↑passport, ↑rein, ↑responsibility, ↑suspect …

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