at hand

1. Also, . Within easy reach, nearby, as in I like to keep my tools close at hand . [1300s]

2. Also, on hand . Nearby in time, soon, as in The day of judgment is at hand , or A change of administration is on hand . Also see on hand .

Example Sentences

I turn back to the task at hand —to the chunks of rubble, to the door hundreds of feet up.

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This broker would not mind being awoken at midnight if there was some quick and profitable business at hand!

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The day began with gifts and a song, and there were friends close at hand to share jokes and make a fuss.

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“Which would mean that you had some art supplies at hand, I suppose?”

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To seriously consider the answers to these questions would require Penelope to do something called “going off on a tangent,” which is another way of saying “to stray from the subject at hand.”

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