Meaning of hand over hand | Babel Free

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”

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