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hands-down

hands-down is the alternative form of hands down.

Meaning of hands down

Adverb

hands down (comparative more hands down, superlative most hands down)

  1. (idiomatic) Without much effort; easily.
  2. (idiomatic) By a large margin (in a game or contest).
  3. (idiomatic) Without question; undoubtedly.
    • That is a rather difficult task, hands down.
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hands, down.

Forms of hands-down

comparativemore hands-down
superlativemost hands-down

Questions about hands-down

What is hands-down the alternative form of?
Hands-down is the alternative form of hands down.

Words near hands-down in the dictionary

  1. hands round
  2. hands someone his hat
  3. hands someone their cards
  4. hands something out like candy
  5. hands up
  6. hands-down
  7. hands-free
  8. hands-frees
  9. hands-in
  10. hands-off
  11. hands-on

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hands-down (page history and authors); hands down (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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