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hand over fist |
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hand over fist Fig. [for money and merchandise to be exchanged] very rapidly. What a busy day. We took in money hand over fist. They were buying things hand over fist. hand over fist if you make or lose money hand over fist, you make or lose large amounts of it very quickly Business was good and we were making money hand over fist. hand over fist quickly and continuously A few years ago, those people made money hand over fist. Developers are putting up cheap new houses hand over fist in our town. 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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In fact, he was getting rich, hand over fist, and was vastly respected. We wanted to take him ashore at once, but Henry was game; he said he'd be jiggered if he'd leave a school like that for anything short of lockjaw; then he kept fishing away, hauling in hand over fist and groaning between times. |
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