iv. Hand
(preceded by a preposition).
Beforehand. Sooner, before it happened.
A bird in the hand. (See Bird.)
Shakespeare: 3 Henry VI., iv. 7.
With a High Hand. Imperiously, arrogantly. In French, “Faire quelque chose haut la main.”
(preceded by a preposition).
Beforehand. Sooner, before it happened.
A bird in the hand. (See Bird.)
Shakespeare: 3 Henry VI., iv. 7.
With a High Hand. Imperiously, arrogantly. In French, “Faire quelque 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.