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fall into hands |
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fall into somebody's hands if something falls into the hands of a dangerous person or an enemy, the dangerous person or enemy starts to own or control it There were concerns that the weapons might fall into the hands of terrorists. fall into somebody's hands to be caught or controlled by someone The first Canadian soldier fell into enemy hands in the autumn of 1914 and was a prisoner of war for three years. There is great concern that such dangerous weapons might fall into rebel hands. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form fall into the wrong hands: Guard your secrets to be sure they don't fall into the wrong hands. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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She did not dare fire for fear the shot would bring his people about him, and with Rokoff dead she would fall into hands no better than his and to a fate probably even worse than he alone could have imagined. In the next place, when a woman is thus left desolate and void of counsel, she is just like a bag of money or a jewel dropped on the highway, which is a prey to the next comer; if a man of virtue and upright principles happens to find it, he will have it cried, and the owner may come to hear of it again; but how many times shall such a thing fall into hands that will make no scruple of seizing it for their own, to once that it shall come into good hands? I don't like to boast, gentlemen; it's not my way; but I can't help saying, that, if your friend hadn't been fortunate enough to fall into hands that-- But I won't say what I was going to say. |
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