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out of someone's hands

out of someone's hands prepositional phrase: not up to someone anymore.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Not up to someone anymore.

Questions about out of someone's hands

What does out of someone's hands mean?
Out of someone's hands means not up to someone anymore.
What part of speech is out of someone's hands?
Out of someone's hands is a prepositional phrase.

Words near out of someone's hands in the dictionary

  1. out of service
  2. out of shape
  3. out of sight
  4. out of sight is out of mind
  5. out of sight, out of mind
  6. out of someone's hands
  7. out of someone's way
  8. out of sorts
  9. out of spirits
  10. out of spoons
  11. out of square

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