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Definition: Hand To Hand |
Hand To HandAdverb1. At close quarters; "fought hand to hand". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Contention | Join issue, come to blows, go to loggerheads, set to, come to the scratch, exchange shots, measure swords, meet hand to hand; take up the cudgels, take up the glove, take up the gauntlet; enter the lists; couch one's lance; give satisfaction; appeal to arms; (warfare). |
Free fight, stand up fight, hand to hand, running fight. | |
Contiguity | Hand to hand; close to; (near); with no interval. |
Transference | Adverb: from hand to hand, from pillar to post. |
Warfare | Carry on war, carry on hostilities; keep the field; fight the good fight; fight it out, fight like devils, fight one's way, fight hand to hand; sell one's life dearly; pay the ferryman's fee. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Hand To Hand |
| English words defined with "hand to hand": Rencounter ♦ To. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "hand to hand": GAUGE-AND-WEIGH-MACHINE OPERATOR. (references) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | They fought hand to hand under the trees. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Then the shovel went from hand to hand until every man had his turn. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Expressions using "hand to hand": ad from hand to hand ♦ fight hand to hand ♦ From hand to hand ♦ pass from hand to hand. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
hand to hand combat | 104 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "hand to hand"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | nga afër (close, closely, point blank). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | من يد ليد. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ръкопашен. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 交手 (fight hand to hand). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | de main en main (from hand to hand). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | χέρι με χέρι. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | közelharcot vív (to fight hand to hand), kézről kézre ad vmit (to pass sg from hand to hand), kézről kézre (from hand to hand), kézitusát vív (to fight hand to hand). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 手繰り (reeling in, transport by passing from hand to hand). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | たぐり (reeling in, transport by passing from hand to hand), てぐり (reeling in, transport by passing from hand to hand). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | andhay otay andhay pieptiş (abrupt, abruptly, boldly). (various references) рукопашный (hand-to-hand). (various references) prsa u prsa. (various references) man mot man. (various references) yumruk yumruğa, göğüs göğüse. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | comminus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-d-h-h-n-n-o-t" | |
-5 letters: donna, hodad, honan, honda. | |
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