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hand to hand

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hand-to-hand (hndt-hnd)
adj.
Being at close quarters: hand-to-hand combat.
hand to hand adv.
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Adv.1.hand to hand - at close quarters; "fought hand to hand"


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I can charge among the chariots and horsemen, and in hand to hand fighting can delight the heart of Mars; howbeit I would not take such a man as you are off his guard--but I will smite you openly if I can.
The Iliad by Homer View in context
He took it up, scrutinised it, passed it to his neighbour, he to the next man, and so on until the ingot, going from hand to hand, was transferred to the end of a dark entry; nor did it return to its place for half an hour.
Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context
A small party of Indians now advanced, bearing the pipe of peace; they were met by an equal number of white men, and they formed a group midway between the two bands, where the pipe was circulated from hand to hand, and smoked with all due ceremony.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
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