Usually means: Passing something using alternating hands.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. hand over hand: Merriam-Webster
  2. hand over hand: Wordnik
  3. hand over hand: Wiktionary
  4. Hand over hand: Dictionary.com
  5. Hand over Hand: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  6. hand over hand: FreeDictionary.org
  7. Hand over hand: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hand-over-hand: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hand over hand: Idioms

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hand over hand)

▸ adverb:  (nautical) by passing the hands alternately one before or above the other, especially with rope
▸ adverb:  rapidly

Similar:
hand over fist, hand over head, uphand, nip and tuck, piggyback, piggy-back, to and fro, about, kerflop, flip-flap, more...

Opposite:
hand under hand, reverse grip, palm up grip

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Similar:
hand over fist, hand over head, uphand, nip and tuck, piggyback, piggy-back, to and fro, about, kerflop, flip-flap, more...

Opposite:
hand under hand, reverse grip, palm up grip



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