to hand
Idioms-
Also, at hand . Nearby, accessible, as in I don't have the right tools to hand but asked her to get them for me . [c. 1300]
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Also, in hand . In one's possession, as in He had their letter to hand , or She had the money in hand . The first term dates from the mid-1700s, the second from about 1200. Also see hand to hand .
Example Sentences
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Firms that invested in improving their ticketing platforms would have to open those to "free-riders", and the requirement to hand over data would benefit US-operated booking giants, tilting negotiating power in their favour, he lamented.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
This is not to hand back the financial power that they were just given, but rather, it’s for protection and convenience.
From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026
A safety car intervened to hand the victory in Japan to Antonelli, when without it most likely either McLaren's Oscar Piastri or Russell would have won.
From BBC • May 3, 2026
That suggested it felt no urgency to hand out new policy measures even while it repeated assurances about stabilizing markets and the need for energy security.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
There may be no technological or sociological explanation for the decline in belief in witchcraft in the early eighteenth century, but there is an alternative explanation ready to hand.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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