hand-to-hand

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   being at close quarters

   “hand-to-hand fighting”

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Questions about hand-to-hand

What does hand-to-hand mean?

hand-to-hand means "being at close quarters".

How many syllables are in hand-to-hand?

hand-to-hand has 3 syllables: hand--to--hand. The stress falls on "hand-".

Is hand-to-hand a common word?

hand-to-hand is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.