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Received from some source other than the original. For example, I learned of Mary's divorce at second hand. This phrase may be applied to information or to previously owned merchandise. [1400s] Also see at first hand. Words nearby at second handAtropos, Atrovent, atry, ATS, at sea, at second hand, at sight, at sixes and sevens, at someone's, at someone's beck and call, at someone's elbow The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |