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Meaning of hand over hand | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. by passing the hands alternately one before or above the other, especially with rope
    not-comparable
  2. rapidly
    not-comparable

Examples

“Max went up the rigging hand over hand, and brought his red head with a bump against the base of Harry’s back.”
“In this way he made money hand over hand; became a rich and mighty man, and exalted his cocked hat upon change.”
“He was making money, hand over hand, then; and he never stopped speculating and improving till he'd scraped together three or four hundred thousand dollars”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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