on the one hand

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on the one hand

the first thing to consider is On the one hand, I'd like more money, but I don't want to work extra hours.

Usage notes: often followed by but on the other (hand) as a second consideration different from the first (even when on the one hand has not been used): I like classical music, but on the other hand, my husband loves jazz.

See also: hand, one

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But when cities or countries are accustomed to live under a prince, and his family is exterminated, they, being on the one hand accustomed to obey and on the other hand not having the old prince, cannot agree in making one from amongst themselves, and they do not know how to govern themselves. The Prince by Machiavelli, Nicolo View in context Thus on the one hand we have ability to protect ourselves; on the other, a victory that is complete. The Art of War by Sun, Tzu View in context Bulstrode, which on the one hand would have inclined her to desire that the mildest view of his character should be the true one, but on the other, made her the more afraid of seeming to palliate his culpability. Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context			on the hoof on the horizon on the horns of a dilemma on the hot seat on the hour on the house on the job on the lam on the level on the line on the lookout on the loose on the margins of on the mark on the market on the mend on the merits on the money on the move on the nail on the never-never on the nod on the nose on the off chance on the off-chance on the one hand on the one hand...on the other hand on the other on the other hand on the outs on the part of on the pill on the point of doing on the prowl on the quiet on the rack on the rag on the rebound on the receiving end on the right track on the rise on the road on the road to on the road to recovery on the rocks on the ropes on the run on the safe side on the same page on the same wavelength on the sauce			on the move on the move on the move on the move On the Move Accessibility On the Move Antenna on the nail on the nail on the nail on the nail on the nail On the neck of On the Needles On The Net on the never-never On the Nod on the nose on the nose on the nose on the nose On the Nose (The Price is Right pricing game) on the off chance on the off chance on the off chance on the off chance on the off chance on the off-chance on the offensive on the offensive on the offensive on the one hand on the one hand...on the other hand On the opening order On the Opening Orders on the order of on the order of on the order of on the order of on the order of on the order of on the other on the other hand on the other hand on the other hand on the other hand on the other hand on the other hand On the Other Other Hand On the Other Paw On the Other Side of the Pond on the outs on the outs on the outs on the outs on the pad on the pad on the pad on the pad on the pad on the part on the part

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