Usually means: Escalating beyond control or management.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word out of hand:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. out of hand: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. out of hand: Merriam-Webster
  3. out of hand: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. out of hand: Collins English Dictionary
  5. out of hand: Vocabulary.com
  6. out of hand: Wordnik
  7. out of hand: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. out of hand: Wiktionary
  9. Out of hand: Dictionary.com
  10. out of hand: Rhymezone
  11. out of hand: FreeDictionary.org
  12. out of hand: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. out of hand: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. Out of Hand: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. out of hand: Dictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. out of hand: Legal dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. out of hand: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. out of hand: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. American-Australian Slang Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. out of hand: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See out_of_hands as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (out of hand)

adverb:  Without (further) thought or consideration.
adverb:  (now rare) Immediately, forthwith, or incontinently.
adjective:  Barely under control; not under control.

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