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from good hands

from good hands prepositional phrase: from a reliable source.

Prepositional phrase

  1. From a reliable source.
    • Father Joseph pretended, that he knew from good hands the High Chancellor only wanted that article changed which excluded the Swedes from the command in chief, and that regard should be had to their interests in concluding a peace.1754, M. de Burigny (Jean Lévesque), The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius (page 150)

Questions about from good hands

What does from good hands mean?
From good hands means from a reliable source.
What part of speech is from good hands?
From good hands is a prepositional phrase.

Words near from good hands in the dictionary

  1. from day to day
  2. from father to son
  3. from first to last
  4. from generation to generation
  5. from goo to you by way of the zoo
  6. from good hands
  7. from hand to hand
  8. from head to toe
  9. from hell
  10. from here on in
  11. from here on out

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