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High Hand

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With a high hand. Arrogantly. To carry things with a high hand in French would be: “Faire une chose haut la main.”

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Hide of Land (A)
Hieroclean Legacy
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High Places
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High Words
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