What does out of hand mean?

out of hand means "out of control".

What is another word for out of hand?

Close synonyms include beyond control. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of out of hand?

The recorded antonyms are in hand.

Is out of hand a common word?

out of 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.

out of hand — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adverb

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

1.
out of control
“the riots got out of hand”
Synonymsbeyond control
Antonymsin hand

Questions about out of hand

What does out of hand mean?: out of hand means "out of control".
What is another word for out of hand?: Close synonyms include beyond control. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
What is the opposite of out of hand?: The recorded antonyms are in hand.
Is out of hand a common word?

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