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hands down

very easily. The last time we played tennis he beat me hands down. That leader is hands down the biggest threat to peace in the region.

Usage notes: often used in the form win something hands down: If there were an award for bad luck, you'd win it hands down.

Related vocabulary: hand down something

See also: down, hand

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SEEING that his audiences were becoming smaller every Sunday, a Minister of the Gospel broke off in the midst of a sermon, descended the pulpit stairs, and walked on his hands down the central aisle of the church. Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context Sprawl ing there in the chair, he would, now and again, draw the palms of both his hands down his face, giving at the same time a slight, almost impercepti ble, shudder. Falk - A Reminiscence by Conrad, Joseph View in context Further, I--or John Barleycorn, for it was the same thing--told Scotty that he might be a deep-sea sailor and know the last rope on the great deep-sea ships, but that when it came to small-boat sailing I could beat him hands down and sail circles around him. John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context More results

References in classic literature

SEEING that his audiences were becoming smaller every Sunday, a Minister of the Gospel broke off in the midst of a sermon, descended the pulpit stairs, and walked on his hands down the central aisle of the church.

Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context

Sprawl ing there in the chair, he would, now and again, draw the palms of both his hands down his face, giving at the same time a slight, almost impercepti ble, shudder.

Falk - A Reminiscence by Conrad, Joseph View in context

Further, I--or John Barleycorn, for it was the same thing--told Scotty that he might be a deep-sea sailor and know the last rope on the great deep-sea ships, but that when it came to small-boat sailing I could beat him hands down and sail circles around him.

John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context

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