out of hand
AdverbSynonyms:
beyond control
Open English WordNet
Adverb (1)
- out of control“the riots got out of hand”Synonyms: beyond control
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Off hand, Out of hand
forthwith; without delay, hesitation, or difficulty; promptly. “She causeth them to be hanged up out of hand.” Edmund Spenser
From the entry Hand.
Out of hand
immediately; without delay or preparation; without hesitation or debate; as, to dismiss a suggestion out of hand. “Ananias... fell down and died out of hand.” Hugh Latimer
From the entry Out.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54