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at the hand of

at the hand of is the alternative form of at the hands of.

Meaning of at the hands of

Preposition

at the hands of

  1. By the actions of (someone).
    • By 1859, D. Morier Evans was exhibiting [George] Hudson as the principal character in his rogues' gallery entitled "Facts, Failures and Frauds"; and at the hands of modern economic historians he has been written down as a common swindler.1951 December, Michael Robbins, “John Francis's "History of the English Railway"”, in Railway Magazine, page 800

Forms of at the hand of

alternative format someone's hand

Questions about at the hand of

What is at the hand of the alternative form of?
At the hand of is the alternative form of at the hands of.

Words near at the hand of in the dictionary

  1. at the end of the rainbow
  2. at the expense of
  3. at the feet of
  4. at the first
  5. at the first brunt
  6. at the hand of
  7. at the hands of
  8. at the helm
  9. at the high port
  10. at the instance of
  11. at the last

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Adapted from Wiktionary: at the hand of (page history and authors); at the hands of (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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