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at hand
Also, close or near at hand . Within easy reach, nearby, as in I like to keep my tools close at hand . [1300s]
Also, on hand . Nearby in time, soon, as in The day of judgment is at hand , or A change of administration is on hand . Also see on hand .
Example Sentences
The near-at-hand field and pasture that sloped toward it were gemmed with dew.
The argentic plate is always ready-at-hand, and the working of it is simplicity itself.
I had ransacked the far-off, and had neglected the near-at-hand, as we are so apt to do.
In support of this proposition volumes might be written; but only a brief array of near-at-hand evidence will be here presented.
I was not in the least cast down at this long-range estimate, since I had become quite used to close-at-hand ridicule.
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