TO HAND Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

to hand

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Definition of to hand

as in near

not being distant in time, space, or significance At the retirement community there is always a chair to hand in case a resident needs to rest.

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as in accessible

situated within easy reach He keeps his glasses to hand at night.

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Recent Examples of to hand The court had ordered Bolsonaro to hand over his regular and diplomatic passports by noon on Tuesday. — Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026 That commitment has paid off in the first five years of the brand, which saw Porter fly to the Paris Olympics to hand deliver shoes to some of his first basketball athletes. — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026 Yet Trump saw fit to hand him one of the most coveted posts in American diplomacy, the seat once held by Thomas Jefferson and by Benjamin Franklin, stewarding the relationship with America’s oldest ally. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026 But that was the– Somewhere a Google PR person just leapt out of a bush to hand you a check. — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 26 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for to hand

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