right-hand man

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somebody's right-hand man/woman

someone who helps you with your work and who you depend upon How will the Director cope without his right-hand man, who resigned yesterday due to ill health?

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It was sometimes said in the town that if Old Tom was Miss Polly's right-hand man, Timothy was her left. Pollyanna by Porter, Eleanor H. View in context Thou shalt eat sweet venison and quaff the stoutest ale, and mine own good right-hand man shalt thou be, for never did I see such a cudgel player in all my life before. The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Pyle, Howard View in context Sir Alfred Anselman has been the Chancellor's right-hand man. The Kingdom of the Blind by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context			ride out the storm ride over ride roughshod over ride the gravy train ride to some place ride up ride with ridiculous riding riding for a fall riding high riff-raff rig up right right and left right as rain right away right down alley right in the kisser right off the bat right on right on time Right on! right to right to do right-hand man right-of-way right-on rightly rile up ring ring a bell ring around ring back ring hollow ring in ears ring in the new year ring off the hook ring out ring out the old ring the bell ring the changes ring the curtain down ring the curtain up ring true ring up ring with ringer rinky-dink rinse rinse down			right-clicking right-clicks right-clicks right-cut tool right-down Right-Edge Cell Right-eye flounder right-eyed right-eyed Right-fielder right-footed right-footer right-hand right-hand Right-Hand Back-Hand Right-Hand Circular Right-Hand Circular Polarization Right-Hand Circularly Polarized Right-Hand Column right-hand cutting tool right-hand door right-hand door right-hand door right-hand door Right-hand drive right-hand drives right-hand helicity Right-hand Lang's Lay right-hand limit right-hand lock right-hand man right-hand men right-hand men right-hand polarization Right-hand Rectangular Approximation Method right-hand reverse door right-hand reverse door right-hand reverse door right-hand reverse door Right-hand rope Right-hand rule Right-hand rule Right-hand rule right-hand screw Right-hand side right-hand stairway right-hand taper right-hand woman right-handed right-handed right-handed right-handed Right-handed coordinate system Right-handed coordinate system right-handed curve Right-Handed Media Right-Handed Neutrino right-handed pitcher Right-Handed Relief Pitcher Right-handed rule Right-handed rule

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