44. PHRASE : PHR after v, v-link PHR
If you have something to hand or near to hand, you have it with you or near you, ready to use when needed.
- You may want to keep this brochure safe, so you have it to hand whenever you may need it.
11. PHRASE : PHR after v, v-link PHR
If something is at hand, near at hand, or close at hand, it is very near in place or time.
- Having the right equipment at hand will be enormously helpful.
28. PHRASE : usu with amount PHR
If you have time or money in hand, you have more time or money than you need.[ BRIT ]
- Hughes finished with 15 seconds in hand.
29. PHRASE : n PHR, v-link PHR
The job or problem in hand is the job or problem that you are dealing with at the moment.
- The business in hand was approaching some kind of climax.
30. PHRASE : v-link PHR, PHR after v
If a situation is in hand, it is under control.
- The Olympic organisers say that matters are well in hand.
2. PHRASE : V inflects
If you take something or someone in hand, you take control or responsibility over them, especially in order to improve them.
- I hope that Parliament will soon take the NHS in hand.
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