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at ten and two

at ten and two prepositional phrase: referring to a type of driving, regarded as safe and conventional, where the positions of the hands on the steering wheel of a vehicle correspond to those of the hands of an analog clock at 10 o'clock (left hand) and 2 o'clock (right hand).

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Prepositional phrase

  1. (jargon, uncommon) Referring to a type of driving, regarded as safe and conventional, where the positions of the hands on the steering wheel of a vehicle correspond to those of the hands of an analog clock at 10 o'clock (left hand) and 2 o'clock (right hand)
    • Then why do they instruct new drivers to keep their hands at ten and two when they take the test for their driver's license at the Department of Motor Vehicles?2017, J.L. Abramo, Clutching at Straws

Questions about at ten and two

What does at ten and two mean?
At ten and two means referring to a type of driving, regarded as safe and conventional, where the positions of the hands on the steering wheel of a vehicle correspond to those of the hands of an analog clock at 10 o'clock (left hand) and 2 o'clock (right hand).
What part of speech is at ten and two?
At ten and two is a prepositional phrase.

Words near at ten and two in the dictionary

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  6. at ten and two
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  9. at the bank
  10. at the best
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