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Meaning of hand-to-hand | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. Close together, within arm's reach.
    not-comparable
  2. Especially, describing fighting (armed or unarmed) done within reach rather than at range.
    not-comparable

Equivalents

Español a cuerpo cuerpo a cuerpo
Suomi lähi-
Français corps à corps
Italiano all'arma bianca corpo a corpo
Latina comminus
Polski wręcz
Português corpo a corpo
Tagalog mano-mano

Examples

“soldiers trained in hand-to-hand combat”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

hand-to-mouth hand-washable hand-waving hand-wavy hand-winged hand-worked

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