hand over hand

Idioms  

1. see hand over fist.

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Example Sentences

Stafford talked him back in, saying “move your hand over, start to float up … stick your hand up … just walk hand over hand.”

From Seattle Times

Unlike other frogs in the rainforest, these tree dwellers tend not to hop or jump, but to walk hand over hand, strolling through tree canopies — unless presented with a threat.

From Washington Post

Hand over hand, Moore and her crews pull the nets across their skiffs, untangling each salmon from the mesh, then stabbing them with knives to bleed them before they are picked up by processing company crews that cruise the beach in trucks.

From Seattle Times

“We had to move her hand over hand because it was pretty tight and vertical coming out,” Haley said, noting that at one point he and Keene had to slither through mud in a long corkscrew tunnel.

From Washington Post

Hand over hand she turned the wheel and the boat tacked, straightening in the water.

From New York Times