to hand
English
Prepositional phrase
- Readily available; within easy reach; nearby.
- 1953, Saul Bellow, The Adventures of Augie March, Viking Press, chapter 5:
- Einhorn had a teaching turn .... And with his son at the university I was the only student he had to hand.
- 1953, Saul Bellow, The Adventures of Augie March, Viking Press, chapter 5:
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