At hand	a. soon, b. nearby	a. The day when everyone will have access to a computer is at hand. b. I always have a dictionary at hand.
Give me a hand	help me	Can you give me a hand with my English homework?
Handy	a. skillful with one's hands, b. accessible	a. John is pretty handy. b. There are many 7-11's1 in my neighborhood. They sure are handy.
Hand down	a judge passes a sentence	That judge is very strict. She always hands down harsh sentences to people in her court.
Hands down	easily, clearly	Which city is bigger, Tokyo or Washington, D.C.? Tokyo, hands down!
Hand in	turn in	OK, class, please hand in your homework.
Hand me downs	something (clothes or other materials) passed on to another person	Hey, true story! I was older than my brother Mike, but he was bigger. I got hand me ups!
Hand out	a. distribute, b. a paper given away free, c. something given to the poor	a. John, please hand out the tests to the class. b. Be sure to get a hand out of my lesson. c. That family is poor, but they always refuse hand outs.
Hand off	a play in sports	That team works well together. They don't mind handing off to one another to make the point.
Hand signals	to signal with your hands	When your turn signals don't work in your car, you should use hand signals.
On Hand	available	When I have a party, I like to make sure there is enough food and drink on hand.
Out of hand	out of control	Some classes get out of hand.
Show one¹s hand	to tell one's intentions (plans)	Don't show your hand too soon, or your competitor will steal your ideas and beat you!