What does hand to hand mean?

hand to hand means "at close quarters".

Is hand to hand a common word?

hand to hand is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Hand to hand — meaning and definition

adverb

1 senseA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

1.
at close quarters
“fought hand to hand”

Questions about hand to hand

What does hand to hand mean?: hand to hand means "at close quarters".
Is hand to hand a common word?: hand to hand is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for hand to hand come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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