Synonym: at issue, in dispute(p), in hand(p), in question(p), under consideration(p). Similar words: hand in hand, in half, on hand, enhance, inherit, inherent, hand, than. Meaning: adj. 1. accessible at the present time 2. now in consideration or under discussion. adv. under control.
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151. The emptying of the house could therefore no longer be postponed and Charlotte had decided to put matters in hand without further ado.
152. A new flag was bought for the masthead and a scheme put in hand to cover part of the terraces.
153. The bread dough was starting to rise before its time, so Minnie jumped up and tackled the job in hand.
154. No cattle to worry about tonight he thought and settled down to the job in hand.
155. So, for instance, a processor could optimize its design for the problem in hand.
156. Jen said, flopping on to my bed with her laptop in hand.
157. With so many major projects in hand she wanted to make sure that everything was in a fit state.
158. A feeling of great peace descended upon the rector despite the preoccupations of the errand in hand.
159. Three pairs of young lovers walked by, hand in hand, whispering dreams of emigration.
160. I understand that you have either already prepared the information or have the matters in hand.
161. If you plan to keep livestock, the security of fences and gates must go hand in hand with fertility.
162. Their wives, hand in hand, stepping carefully in expensive shoes over the summer's jetsam, brought up the rear.
163. Naturally, one would assume that these two aspects of secondary prevention go hand in hand.
164. However, he also concentrated on the job in hand, sending Dodgy Dancer ahead well inside the final furlong.
165. The page featured a photo of Joe looking over a piece of copy, cigarette in hand.
166. At last Zeus saw that he must take the matter in hand.
167. The expenses of government were reduced and even household costs were kept in hand.
168. A flair for games and a talent for government went hand in hand.
169. With enough delegates already in hand to clinch the nomination,[http://sentencedict.com/in hand.html] the immediate importance of the primary has been vastly diminished.
170. Deliberate assistance to economic growth went hand in hand with administrative reform aimed at channelling its profits firmly into princely treasuries.
171. With money in hand she stands shaking and shy at the sale.
172. The administrative burden would be lifted from local government; it would then be able to concentrate on the job in hand.
173. Patience and wisdom walk hand in hand, like two one-armed lovers. Jarod Kintz 
174. Please would you investigate and arrange for the necessary maintenance work to be put in hand.
175. Coffee cup in hand, slopping the liquid in its saucer, I went out on to the terrace.
176. The whole of society was taken in hand: peasants, industrial workers, intellectuals and members of the Party.
177. Most of us were born in captivity where domestication and maturation work hand in hand.
178. Nor do loyalty to customers and to employees necessarily go hand in hand.
179. The evolution of the curtain wall went hand in hand with the invention of the steel framework.
180. Some can be carried in hand luggage, others must be checked in.
More similar words: hand in hand, in half, on hand, enhance, inherit, inherent, hand, than, hand in, hand out, hand on, by hand, at hand, thank, hang on, hand down, hang up, chance, handful, change, thanks, channel, other than, hand over, handsome, rather than, elephant, by chance, handcuffs, mechanic.