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hands-on

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there is no explanation for the expression hands-on, as in "A hands-on reference guide". Fredmaranhao 00:57, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

This belongs in a separate page. — Paul G 11:26, 22 July 2005 (UTC)Reply

Clean-up

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Needs some SERIOUS work doing to it, not least of which is checking and tabulating the translations and moving the definitions for the related terms to separate pages. — Paul G 11:26, 22 July 2005 (UTC)Reply

Do we really need the whole long list of Webster definitions? — This unsigned comment was added by 81.15.146.91 (talk) at 10:31, 2 October 2005 (UTC).Reply

Quotes

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Please see Wiktionary:Quotations for the current quotation format. This article contains several incomplete quote citations. Rklawton 01:53, 6 June 2006 (UTC)Reply

Someone's agency.

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Hand is described as an agent, but that's different from someone's agency, isn't it? "It was the hand of God" is different from "It had her hand all over it"?

92.24.142.3 08:29, 6 November 2010 (UTC)Reply


http://etymonline.com/index.php?term=hand&allowed_in_frame=0 — This unsigned comment was added by 2600:8801:0:23ee:add2:91c:fa7e:3438 (talk) at 20:34, 26 May 2016 (UTC).Reply

hand-paint, hand-rear, hand-raise, etc.

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Should these have entries? They always mean "do (verb) by hand". Equinox 23:29, 15 December 2016 (UTC)Reply

at every hand

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surrounded by enemies at every hand
Microsoft® Encarta® 2009

at every corner --Backinstadiums (talk) 19:34, 6 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

= on all hands. Equinox 19:41, 6 March 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Equinox: is at every hand idiomatic? --Backinstadiums (talk) 19:55, 6 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

overplay one's hand

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What meaning of hand is used in overplay one's hand? --Backinstadiums (talk) 12:19, 25 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

Derived from the meaning of the cards one holds in one's hand in a game of cards. Koro Neil (talk) 03:25, 27 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

on hands and knees

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2. In a show of supplication, submission, or humility.
I had to go back on my hands and knees and beg for my old job back.
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/on+hands+and+knees

--Backinstadiums (talk) 10:30, 29 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

RFV discussion: March 2023

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This is entered as a verb, but the definition is for a noun: (slang) A person's mouth. DonnanZ (talk) 14:39, 18 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

Hmm? You added this yourself. Was it a mistake? You added the same sense earlier to paper. I think you just made a silly mistake. Soap 17:52, 18 March 2023 (UTC)Reply
Ah. It was a pasting error, I must have picked it up when copying and pasting from trap, trap as a person's mouth is immediately below the sense I added a quote to; paper is rectified, and I will fix hand (with a red face). Thanks. DonnanZ (talk) 18:28, 18 March 2023 (UTC)Reply