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hand
(redirected from handing round)

   Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Medical, Legal, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.03 sec.
hand someone something
Fig. to tell someone something; to tell someone nonsense. Don't hand me that stuff! That's silly! She handed me a line about being a famous author.

See:
a bird in the hand
a firm hand on the tiller
a hand in
a hand with
a hand-me-down
a helping hand
a safe pair of hands
all hands on deck
an iron fist in a velvet glove
an old hand
at first hand
at hand
at the hands of
be a dab hand
be in hand
be in hands
be in safe hands
be on hand
be out of hands
be putty in hands
big hand
bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
bite the hand that feeds
bite the hand that feeds one
bound hand and foot
by a show of hands
by hand
can count on the fingers of one hand
can't find butt with both hands
can't keep hands off
can't see hand in front of face
change hands
close at hand
Cold hands, warm heart
come cap in hand
could do with one arm tied behind back
cup hands together
devil finds work for idle hands to do
die by own hand
dirty hands
eat out of hand
fall into hands
fall into the wrong hands
firm hand
first hand
fold hands
force hand
free hand
from hand to hand
get hands dirty
get hands dirty and dirty hands; soil hands
get hands on
get out of hand
give a free hand
give a hand
give to on a plate
give to on a platter
glad hand
go hand in hand
hand
hand around
hand back
hand down
hand down from to
hand in
hand in glove
hand in hand
Hand it over
hand off
hand on
hand out
hand over
hand over fist
hand over hand
hand over the baton
hand over the reins
hand to
hand up
hands are tied
hands down
Hands off!
Hands up!
hat in hand
have a hand in
have at fingertips
have blood on hands
have clean hands
have fingers in the till
have hand in
have hand in the till
have hands full
have hands tied
have in hand
have in hands
have in the palm of hand
have on hands
have the upper hand
have the whip hand
have time on hands
have to hand it to
hold hand
I have to hand it to
in good hands
in hand
in the hands of
in the palm of hand
join hands
keep hand in
keep hands clean
keep hands off
keep hands to
know like the back of hand
know like the palm of hand
lay a hand on
leave in hands
left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing
lend a hand
lend a hand with
life is in hands
lift a hand
live from hand to mouth
live hand to mouth
Many hands make light work
near at hand
not lift a finger
off hands
old hand
on hand
on one hand
on the one hand
on the one hand...on the other hand
on the other hand
One hand for oneself and one for the ship
out of hand
out of hands
overplay hand
pass in
play into hands
play into the hands of
put hand in pocket
put hand on heart
put hand to the plow
put hand up
put hands on
putty in hands
raise hand against
reject out of hand
right-hand man
rule with a rod of iron
run fingers through hair
second hand
shake hand
shake hands
show hand
show of hands
sit on hands
sit on its hands
sleight of hand
take a hand in
take hands off
take in hand
take into own hands
take life in hands
take matters into own hands
take off hands
take the law into own hands
the dead hand of
The devil finds work for idle hands
The hand that rocks the cradle
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world
the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing
the matter in hand
throw hands up
throw hands up in horror
throw in hand
throw up hands
tie hands
Time hangs heavy on hands
time on hands
tip hand
try hand
try hand at
turn hand to
upper hand
wait on hand and foot
wandering hands
wash hands of
well in hand
win hands down
with bare hands
with one hand tied behind back
with own fair hands
work hand in glove with
wring hands


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