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either/every hand (literary) on both/all sides; in both/all directions £)RA® / #*A®; / #7 A

® on 'hand available, especially to help ( Afaf? §h ) : The emergency services were on hand with medical advice. AMfftETr&Alo on

your hands if you have sb/sth on your hands, you are responsible for them orit^^A^ft(^A, ^ ^ ) : Let me take care of the invitations—you’ve enough on your hands with the caterers. ikfic5ltA.:AA:;ilEif

BE WlkMInifrMffiWitytftTo on the 'one hand ...

on the ‘other (hand) ... used to introduce different points of view, ideas, etc., especially when they are opposites ( 3lft*®&7 Afa^A&^lA/ SIf ) r* A® • • • M — A® • • • On the one hand they’d love to have

kids, but on the other, they don’t want to give up their freedom. —A®, Mil 111^7, ffiM-A®, MIX* out of 'hand 1 difficult or impossible to control ( gScAA ) ® rh'J: Unemployment is getting out of hand. AilnJIS® „

2 if you reject, etc. sth out of hand, you do so immediately without thinking about it fully or listening to other people’s arguments *fg&j^ (-#» £&# ) : All our suggestions were dismissed out of hand. $£fHl$it'X#ljI ||J out of your 'hands no longer your

responsibility *# ft X AA A : I’m afraid the matter is now out of my hands. =^315*10 flc If <, .play

into sb’s hands to do exactly what an enemy, opponent, etc. wants so that they gain the advantage in a particular situation *$tA (

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get the police involved, we’ll be playing right into the protesters’ hands, fa#ft $W%, ff:₀ put your .hand in your pocket [BrE) to spend money or give it to sb Hi$5; ft#:: I’ve heard

he doesn’t like putting his hand in his pocket. !£n/fi&ftk7 fg % ₀ (at) second, third, etc. 'hand by being told about sth by sb else who has seen it or heard about it, not by experiencing, seeing, etc. it yourself fMfe; IbJSM A: I’m fed up of hearing about

these decisions third hand! fic;jAf#7M.#] ASP MW

! .take sb in 'hand to deal with sb in a strict way in order to improve their behaviour A take sth

into your own hands to deal with a particular situation yourself because you are not happy with the way that others are dealing with it ^ g St M throw your hand in (informal) to stop doing sth or taking part in sth, especially because you are not successful ( AM *J$A® ) tic A, lift to 'hand that you can reach or get easily A ; Et W of # 5U: I’m afraid I don’t have the latest figures to hand. Sff

turn your hand to sth to start doing sth or be able to do sth, especially when you do it well ( AM MfiJitfe ) Jim can turn his hand

to most jobs around the house. JKHjAnP

—more at big adj., bird, bite v., blood n.,

CAP /?., CASH n., CHANGE V., CLOSE² adv., COURAGE, DEAD adj., DEVIL, EAT, FIRM adj., FOLD V., FORCE V., FREE adj., HAT, HEAVY adj., HELP V., IRON adj., JOIN V., KNOW V., LAW, LIFE, LIFT V., LIVE¹, MONEY, OFFER V., OVERPLAY, PAIR n., PALM n., PUTTY, RAISE V., SAFE adj., SHOW V., SHOW n., STAY V., TIME /?., TRY V., UPPER adj., WAIT V., WASH V., WHIP /?., WIN V., WRING

m verb ~ sth to sb | ~ sb sth to pass or give sth to sb 3c;

iH; ip : [VN, VNN] She handed the letter to me. MfEfg 3ctn$to o She handed me the letter. Mi fE fit X £r" M o iim hand sth to sb on a plate (informal) to give sth to sb without the person concerned making any effort Nobody’s going to hand you success on a plate. & A A A fE li $J ft ft it in # #J „ have (got) to ‘hand it to sb [informal) used to say that sb deserves praise for sth ( ) : You’ve

got to hand it to her—she’s a great cook. fft jk A OH

UMi zUlWSft 7*©o QTE13 .hand sth—

a'round/'round to offer or pass sth, especially food or drinks, to all the people in a group f£jJi, frtt ( AM# yQsfc&m .hand sth 'back (to sb) to give or return sth to the person who owns it or to where it belongs J0*£ .hand sth—down (to sb) 1 [usually passive] to give

r leave sth to sb who is younger than you “FA; ft in ( /!? ft; ) gran PASS down : These skills used to be handed down from father to son. & & A lilAfPJIXAfflfto — related noun hand-me-down 2 (especially NAmE) to officially give a decision/ statement, etc. IE Aim A; A# EKED announce : The judge has handed down his verdict. A'ITELIIjIlA in^o .hand sth—in (to sb) (BrE also .give sth ‘in (to sb)) to give sth to a person in authority, especially a piece of work or sth that is lost MX, MX, ±X ( A ) : You must all hand in your projects by the end of next week. fMlfPift^IATM AfjXftiFX fRAo 0 I handed the watch in to the police. ficfESP#! A XlnTllo 0 to hand in your notice/resignation (= formally tell your employer that you want to stop working for them) ilX5?M .hand sb-*¹¹ off [BrE) (also .straight-'arm, .stiff- arm both NAmE) (in sport f^Wis /ft) to push away a player who is trying to stop you, with your arm straight f^JCMW^EF ( A* ) .hand sth— on (to sb) to give or leave sth for another person to use or deal with fE( £A ) f£fh ( bK fdlS ) H171 pass on hand sth—out (to sb 1 to give

a number of things to the members of a group H771 distribute : Could you hand these books out, please? — related noun

handout 2 to give advice, a punishment, etc. M ft , in^f ( iil, ) : He’s always handing out advice

to people. M&Jbll^CifcilllAo .hand sth—'over (to sb) | .hand over (to sb) | .hand sth over (to sb) to give sb else your position of power or the responsibility for sth fE ( icAfi ) #X£b ( SA ) : She resigned and handed over to one of her younger colleagues, jffe Sf |R 7, 0 He finally handed

over his responsibility for the company last year, ft ^;&A¥Xft7A^]KllR#o — related noun handover (1) .hand sb 'over to sb to let sb listen or speak to another person, especially on the telephone or in a news broadcast ( A ) ih^An/f

M — A: I’ll hand you over to my boss. if .hand sb/sth—‘over (to sb) to give

sth/sb officially or formally to another person /

^AIE^X^(^A): He handed over a cheque for $200 000. ffeXft 7-5fe 20 Jj0 They handed the weapons over to the police. ftkfllfE^HX^TWAo — related noun handover(2) hand-bag /‘haendbaeg/ [NAmE also purse) noun a small bag for money, keys, etc., carried especially by women ( A fa ) — picture o bag, purse

'hand baggage noun [u] [especially NAmE) = hand

LUGGAGE

hand-ball /'haendboil/ noun 1 [U] [US also 'team handball) a team game for two teams of seven players, usually played indoors, in which players try to score goals by throwing a ball with their hand !A#AA, MUt&MltlMfT, ) 2[U]

[NAmE) a game in which players hit a small ball against a wall with their hand ( MAttf,

/ft ft ® i# ) 3 [C, U] (in football (soccer) jg. ijc) the offence of touching the ball with your hands 7-JA ( ft a penalty for handball

hand-basin /'haendbeisn/ noun [BrE) a small bowl that has taps/faucets and is fixed to the wall, used for washing your hands in tfe handbasket /'haendbaiskit; NAmE -baes-/ noun fTiTfll go to hell in a 'handbasket [NAmE) = go to the dogs at dog n.

hand-bell /‘haendbel/ noun a small bell with a handle, especially one of a set used by a group of people to play tunes )

hand-bill /'haendbil/ noun a small printed advertisement that is given to people by hand 77 A

hand-book/'hsendbuk/ noun a book giving instructions on how to use sth or information about a particular subject feWi — compare manual hand-brake /'haendbreik/ [especially BrE) [NAmE usually emergency brake, parking brake) noun a brake in a vehicle that is operated by hand, used especially when