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come in handy

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come in handy - be useful for a certain purpose

be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"

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convenient
dexterous
dexterously
Dexterousness

Handy
ready to hand
W. C. Handy
William Christopher Handy

You are wise to provide yourself with what you need, for it will all come in handy in the future.

The Gambler by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context

So she sent 'em along as they might come in handy for some child, sometime.

Pollyanna by Porter, Eleanor H. View in context

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