in hand
Idioms-
Accessible at the present time, as in The company has very little cash in hand . [Late 1300s]
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Under one's control or authority, as in The police had the situation well in hand . [Early 1600s]
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In process, being settled, as in He was willing to give full attention to the matter in hand . [Late 1300s] Also see in one's hands .
Example Sentences
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His family of four ended the year with only $34 in hand for “miscellaneous” expenses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
In Brussels for European Union talks, he added the right to protest went hand in hand with "respect for people and property".
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
To be effective, reforms will need to work hand in hand with an enforceable international floor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Hunched over a desk in the Mountain State Spotlight newsroom in Charleston, West Virginia, pen in hand, we scrawled out official notice of our new school in a spiral-bound notebook.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
With the rest of his cash in hand, Haupt asked his father to come shopping with him.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
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