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in the hand

in the hand prepositional phrase: when being held in the hands; when being handled.

Prepositional phrase

  1. When being held in the hands; when being handled.
    • These birds cannot be told apart except in the hand.

Questions about in the hand

What does in the hand mean?
In the hand means when being held in the hands; when being handled.
What part of speech is in the hand?
In the hand is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in the hand in the dictionary

  1. in the grip of
  2. in the gristle
  3. in the groove
  4. in the gross
  5. in the ground
  6. in the hand
  7. in the hands of
  8. in the heat of the moment
  9. in the hell
  10. in the here and now
  11. in the hole

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