All related terms of 'hand-to-hand'

If you have something to hand or near to hand , you have it with you or near you, ready to use when needed .

to give deserved credit to

to become available ; be received

A hand-to-mouth existence is a way of life in which you have hardly enough food or money to live on.

from one person to another

If you lend someone a hand , you help them.

If you try your hand at an activity , you attempt to do it, usually for the first time.

in poverty

to give credit to someone

to sign (a document)

to undertake (something, esp something practical )

If someone lives hand to mouth or lives from hand to mouth , they have hardly enough food or money to live on.

to not have enough money to live comfortably, and to have no money left after you have paid for basic necessities

If you force someone's hand , you force them to act sooner than they want to, or to act in public when they would prefer to keep their actions secret .

If you do something to keep your hand in , you practise a skill or hobby occasionally in order to remain fairly good at it.

If someone overplays their hand , they act more confidently than they should because they believe that they are in a stronger position than they actually are.

If you turn your hand to something such as a practical activity , you learn about it and do it for the first time.

You say things such as ' You have to hand it to her ' or ' You've got to hand it to them ' when you admire someone for their skills or achievements and you think they deserve a lot of praise .

to ask someone very humbly and respectfully for money or help . The usual British expression is go cap in hand to someone .

to start doing something and do it well , even though you may not be trained to do it

the act of fighting at close quarters

If you say that someone has things handed to them on a plate , you disapprove of them because they get good things easily .

If you say that someone has things handed to them on a platter , you disapprove of them because they get good things easily.

to begin or undertake a task

If someone gives you a free hand , they give you the freedom to use your own judgment and to do exactly as you wish .

to behave imperiously towards someone

to undertake ; work at

If an employer gives an employee notice , the employer tells the employee that he or she must leave his or her job within a fixed period of time.

said to acknowledge how well someone has done something or how good they are at it, even though you do not like the person or do not approve of their actions

If someone bites the hand that feeds them, they behave badly or in an ungrateful way towards someone who they depend on.

If you have responsibility for something or someone, or if they are your responsibility , it is your job or duty to deal with them and to take decisions relating to them.

to do something in order to use the skills which you have developed in the past , so that you do not lose them

If you shake someone's hand or shake someone by the hand , you shake hands with them.

to have a disadvantage which makes it difficult for you to succeed in doing something