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for one's own hand

for one's own hand prepositional phrase: for one's own benefit or advantage.

Prepositional phrase

  1. For one's own benefit or advantage.
    • Finance and money are much more puzzling than direct commercial profiteering for one's own hand with one's own little capital.1944, George Bernard Shaw, Everybody's Political What's What

Questions about for one's own hand

What does for one's own hand mean?
For one's own hand means for one's own benefit or advantage.
What part of speech is for one's own hand?
For one's own hand is a prepositional phrase.

Words near for one's own hand in the dictionary

  1. for one's foams
  2. for one's heart
  3. for one's life
  4. for one's liking
  5. for one's own good
  6. for one's own hand
  7. for one's own part
  8. for one's part
  9. for one's particular
  10. for one's trouble
  11. for openers

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