come to hand

come to hand
{v. phr.} To be received or obtained. * /Father's letter was mailed from Florida last week and came to hand today./ * /The new books came to hand today./ * /New information about the boy's disappearance came to hand yesterday./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • come to hand — to be available easily and immediately Use whatever tools come to hand …   English dictionary

  • come to hand — verb a) To become available, often unexpectedly, or randomly. She fought off the intruder with whatever came to hand. b) To perform well, to come under control. Secondly, I continue to base my concepts on intensive study of a limited suite of… …   Wiktionary

  • come to hand — {v. phr.} To be received or obtained. * /Father s letter was mailed from Florida last week and came to hand today./ * /The new books came to hand today./ * /New information about the boy s disappearance came to hand yesterday./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • come\ to\ hand — v. phr. To be received or obtained. Father s letter was mailed from Florida last week and came to hand today. The new books came to hand today. New information about the boy s disappearance came to hand yesterday …   Словарь американских идиом

  • To come to hand — Hand Hand (h[a^]nd), n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[ o]nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hin[thorn]an to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • come to hand — revealed or disclosed …   English contemporary dictionary

  • come to hand — Be received …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • Hand — (h[a^]nd), n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[ o]nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hin[thorn]an to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hand bag — Hand Hand (h[a^]nd), n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[ o]nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hin[thorn]an to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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