hand over hand

see hand over fist.

QUIZZES

Even if you can't be a professional chef, you can at least talk like one with this vocabulary quiz.

Question 1 of 9

You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?

Carson called, coiling in hand-over-hand on the slack of the rope which Smoke's rush gave him.
Smoke Bellew|Jack London
He could then climb to earth head first by doing a hand-over-hand on a rope fastened to a peg in the ground.
The Crimson Flash|Roy J. Snell
It ascended by a hand-over-hand movement, and with great rapidity.
Lost in the Jungle|Paul Du Chaillu
George stood close to the bow with John directly behind him as hand-over-hand they pulled in the wet, cold chain.
The Go Ahead Boys in the Island Camp|Ross Kay

Then he felt about till he came to the stem of a palm, and up he went, hand-over-hand.
Baby Jane's Mission|Reginald Parnell