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hand-to-hand

[ hand-tuh-hand ]

adjective

  1. close to one's adversary; at close quarters:

    hand-to-hand combat.



hand-to-hand

adjective

  1. at close quarters

    they fought hand-to-hand

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hand-to-hand1

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50
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Example Sentences

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Leading up to that scene, Ellie strives to establish her own hero identity by training in hand-to-hand combat with men twice her size and sharpening her sniping skills with a long gun.

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He offered his comrades free lessons in hand-to-hand combat and bonded with them in the backcountry hunting jackrabbits.

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When things aren’t exploding in choreographed hand-to-hand combat or noisy firefights, there is much discussion of feelings and relationships, to the extent that double lives allow.

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“ is another name for the hand-to-hand steering method?”

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Bridges may be saddled with more hand-to-hand fight choreography, but Lithgow says the emotional anguish Harold carries with him into the wilderness offers another version of stage combat.

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