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by one's own hand

by one's own hand prepositional phrase: as a result of one's own actions, especially with reference to death by suicide.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) As a result of one's own actions, especially with reference to death by suicide.
    • Like too many deeply depressed people, she died by her own hand.
    • He gained all his wealth by his own hand.

Questions about by one's own hand

What does by one's own hand mean?
By one's own hand means as a result of one's own actions, especially with reference to death by suicide.
What part of speech is by one's own hand?
By one's own hand is a prepositional phrase.

Words near by one's own hand in the dictionary

  1. by no stretch of the imagination
  2. by now
  3. by numbers
  4. by one's lights
  5. by one's lonesome
  6. by one's own hand
  7. by oneself
  8. by owner
  9. by rail
  10. by reason of
  11. by return

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