out of hand
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See out of control.
At once, immediately, as in The second surgeon rejected the doctor's treatment plan out of hand. [1300s]
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Words nearby out of hand
out-of-door, out-of-doors, out of fashion, out of favor, out of gas, out of hand, out of harm's way, out of humor, out of it, out of joint, out of keeping
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