to keep in hand

  • 101Keep Away — This article is about the children s game. For the Godsmack song, see Keep Away (song). Keep Away, also called Monkey in the Middle, Piggy in the Middle, Pickle in a Dish, or Pickle in the Middle, is a children s game in which two or more players …

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  • 102hand luggage — noun luggage that is light enough to be carried by hand • Hypernyms: ↑baggage, ↑luggage * * * hand luggage UK US noun [uncountable] tourism small bags that passengers are allowed to carry with them on a plane or bus Thesaurus: bags and cases for… …

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  • 103keep an eye on — (smth or smb) watch (as in take care of something) Will you keep an eye on the baby while I go to the store. (from Idioms in Speech) to watch carefully; to look after; to observe (from a distance) so that the party under observation is unaware of …

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  • 104keep one's hand in — idi keep one s hand in, to continue to work at or practice so as not to lose one s skill or knowledge …

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  • 105hand-brake — handbrake hand brake , hand brake hand brake . a brake operated by hand, used to stop a vehicle or keep it stationary; it usually operates by a mechanical linkage. Syn: handbrake, emergency, emergency brake, parking brake. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 106Keep on Your Mean Side — Infobox Album Name = Keep on Your Mean Side Type = studio Artist = The Kills Released = April 1 2003 Recorded = Genre = Lo fi Length = 42:23 Label = Domino Producer = Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg… …

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  • 107hand over — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. deliver, surrender, give up; see give 1 , yield 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To relinquish to the possession or control of another: deliver, furnish, give, hand, provide, supply, transfer, turn over. See GIVE. 2 …

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  • 108keep one's hand in — phrasal to keep in practice …

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  • 109Alien hand syndrome — The feeling that one s hand is possessed by a force outside of ones control. The syndrome typically arises after trauma to the brain, after brain surgery or after a stroke or an infection of the brain. A person with the alien hand syndrome can… …

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  • 110one hand for yourself and one for the ship — A nautical proverb, also used in variant forms in similar contexts: see the explanation in quot. 1902. 1799 Port Folio (Philadelphia, 1812) VII. 130 Did I not tell you never to fill both hands at once. Always keep one hand for the owners, and one …

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