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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181. Perhaps the task in hand is too easily achieved or is pitched at an inappropriate level.
182. Shortly the three of us were sitting comfortably before a well-stoked fire, toddies in hand.
183. From the time of Stalin, at least, modesty and megalomania have gone hand in hand.
184. Looking hard at the castle, sketchbook in hand, I allowed the corner of my eye to rove the tinker camp.
185. This, their last wish, was respected, and George and Joseph went to meet their maker hand in hand.
186. Those projects already in hand have made progress presentations to the Steering Committee.
187. I was out of my bed in a split second, shoe in hand and lights on.
188. Aristotle too claims in several places that natural philosophy and medicine go hand in hand and are studied by the same people.
189. Flanner, eight years older, took her in hand, guided her to theater, concerts, and exhibitions.
190. To observe searching behaviour solely at the catalogue may provide a distorted picture of the task in hand.
191. Lewis certainly possesses the physical attributes for the task in hand.
192. Their usefulness depends on the task you have in hand.
193. On the Internet modernity and pluralism go hand in hand.
194. A report is awaited on the entire electrical circuit and plans to improve sound amplification are in hand.
195. Every country has its own way of performing the traditional dances which go hand in hand with certain musical characteristics.
196. We shall see in a moment that there are problems with the nationalism which goes hand in hand with this outlook.
197. Windlass in hand, he clambered up the ladder that scaled the slimy wall.
198. Twenty-two others are being implemented,[Sentence dictionary] and plans are in hand for a further nine.
199. The organizers, loudhailers in hand, were corralling the crowd into marching formation when the first group of skinheads appeared.
200. Basic banks are obliged to maintain certain reserves, which consist of cash in hand and deposits at the National Bank.
201. Such careful spraying can go hand in hand with long-established techniques such as crop rotation, and planting resistant varieties.
202. Frieder is precluded from commenting on a recruit until he has his signed letter of intent in hand.
203. He had to admit that it was not unpleasant to be taken in hand by some one so positive and avuncular.
204. Plans are also in hand to extend the railway to Beckton in the far east.
205. Their attributions go hand in hand with, and must be adjusted to, our attributions of meaning to utterances.
206. In either case, the counselor will have in hand one or more classroom assignments to be completed by the student.
207. Cbin in hand, feet close together, there was something coy and flirty about her.
208. The commercial incentive to reduce minor incidents therefore goes hand in hand with incentives to reduce major accidents.
209. He looked like a man who might be able to make something of himself if a good woman took him in hand.
210. As if summoned by that anger, Tom Carey rounded a bend in the path, rod in hand.
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.