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If someone asks an audience to give someone a hand, they are asking the audience to clap loudly, usually before or after that person performs. Let's give 'em a big hand

If two things go hand in hand, they are closely connected and cannot be considered separately from each other. For us, research and teaching go hand in hand

If two people are hand in hand, they are holding each other's nearest hand, usually while they are walking or sitting together. People often do this to show their affection for each other. I saw them making their way, hand in hand, down the path

If a situation is in hand, it is under control. The Olympic organisers say that matters are well in hand

A hand is a measurement of four inches, which is used for measuring the height of a horse from its front feet to its shoulders. I had a very good 14.2 hands pony, called Brandy

If you take something or someone in hand, you take control or responsibility over them, especially in order to improve them. I hope that Parliament will soon take the NHS in hand

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If someone experiences a particular kind of treatment, especially unpleasant treatment, at the hands of a person or organization, they receive it from them. The civilian population were suffering greatly at the hands of the security forces

If you force someone's hand, you force them to act sooner than they want to, or to act in public when they would prefer to keep their actions secret. He blamed the press for forcing his hand

If you get your hands on something or lay your hands on something, you manage to find it or obtain it, usually after some difficulty. Patty began reading everything she could get her hands on

If two people are holding hands, they are holding each other's nearest hand, usually while they are walking or sitting together. People often do this to show their affection for each other. She approached a young couple holding hands on a bench

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If you say that your hands are tied, you mean that something is preventing you from acting in the way that you want to. Politicians are always saying that they want to help us but their hands are tied

In a competition, if someone has games or matches in hand, they have more games or matches left to play than their opponent and therefore have the possibility of scoring more points. Wales are three points behind Romania in the group but have a game in hand

If you wash your hands of someone or something, you refuse to be involved with them any more or to take responsibility for them. He seems to have washed his hands of the job

A hand is someone, usually a man, who does hard physical work, for example in a factory or on a farm, as part of a group of people who all do similar work. He now works as a farm hand

If someone or something is on hand, they are near and able to be used if they are needed. The Bridal Department will have experts on hand to give you all the help and advice you need = available

If something is at hand, near at hand, or close at hand, it is very near in place or time. Having the right equipment at hand will be enormously helpful

If someone gives you a free hand, they give you the freedom to use your own judgment and to do exactly as you wish. He gave Stephanie a free hand in the decoration

If you play into someone's hands, you do something which they want you to do and which places you in their power. He is playing into the hands of racists

If you have someone eating out of your hand, they are completely under your control. Parker could have customers eating out of his hand

In a game of cards, your hand is the set of cards that you are holding in your hand at a particular time or the cards that are dealt to you at the beginning of the game. He carefully inspected his hand

disapproval If you say that someone such as the ruler of a country treats people with a heavy hand, you are criticizing them because they are very strict and severe with them. Henry and Richard both ruled with a heavy hand

If you dismiss or reject something out of hand, you do so immediately and do not consider believing or accepting it. I initially dismissed the idea out of hand

If you have something to hand or near to hand, you have it with you or near you, ready to use when needed. You may want to keep this brochure safe, so you have it to hand whenever you may need it

If you ask someone for a hand with something, you are asking them to help you in what you are doing. Come and give me a hand in the garden

with one's bare hands: see bare to overplay one's hand: see overplay to shake someone's hand: see shake to shake hands: see shake see also hand-to-mouth

If you have a hand in something such as an event or activity, you are involved in it. He thanked all who had a hand in his release

If you work hand in glove with someone, you work very closely with them. The UN inspectors work hand in glove with the Western intelligence agencies

If a man asks for a woman's hand in marriage, he asks her or her parents for permission to marry her. He came to ask Usha's father for her hand in marriage

If you have your hands full with something, you are very busy because of it. She had her hands full with new arrivals

If you lend someone a hand, you help them. I'd be glad to lend a hand

If you show your hand, you show how much power you have and the way you intend to act. He has grown more serious about running for president, although he refuses to show his hand

Your hands are the parts of your body at the end of your arms. Each hand has four fingers and a thumb. I put my hand into my pocket and pulled out the letter Sylvia, camera in hand, asked, `Where do we go first?'

If you ask someone to hold your hand at an event that you are worried about, you ask them to support you by being there with you. I don't need anyone to hold my hand

The hand of someone or something is their influence in an event or situation. The hand of the military authorities can be seen in the entire electoral process

If you say that something is in a particular person's hands, you mean that they are looking after it, own it, or are responsible for it. He is leaving his north London business in the hands of a colleague We're in safe hands

If you have time or money in hand, you have more time or money than you need. Hughes finished with 15 seconds in hand

If you win hands down, you win very easily

The hands of a clock or watch are the thin pieces of metal or plastic that indicate what time it is

If you do not know something off hand, you do not know it without having to ask someone else or look it up in a book. I can't think of any off hand

The job or problem in hand is the job or problem that you are dealing with at the moment. The business in hand was approaching some kind of climax

If you do something by hand, you do it using your hands rather than a machine. Each pleat was stitched in place by hand. = manually

You use on the other hand to introduce the second of two contrasting points, facts, or ways of looking at something. Well, all right, hospitals lose money. But, on the other hand, if people are healthy, don't think of it as losing money; think of it as saving lives

If you have a problem or responsibility on your hands, you have to deal with it. If it is off your hands, you no longer have to deal with it. They now have yet another drug problem on their hands She would like the worry of dealing with her affairs taken off her hands

If you turn your hand to something such as a practical activity, you learn about it and do it for the first time. a person who can turn his hand to anything

When something changes hands, its ownership changes, usually because it is sold to someone else. The firm has changed hands many times over the years

If a person or a situation gets out of hand, you are no longer able to control them. His drinking had got out of hand

If you try your hand at an activity, you attempt to do it, usually for the first time. After he left school, he tried his hand at a variety of jobs -- bricklayer, cinema usher, coal man

If you tell someone to keep their hands off something or to take their hands off it, you are telling them in a rather aggressive way not to touch it or interfere with it. Keep your hands off my milk

You use on the one hand to introduce the first of two contrasting points, facts, or ways of looking at something. It is always followed later by on the other hand or `on the other'. On the one hand, if the body doesn't have enough cholesterol, we would not be able to survive. On the other hand, if the body has too much cholesterol, the excess begins to line the arteries

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