hand over hand
hand over hand
Moving the hands so that one passes over the other in succession, often in order to pull someone or something. Use the rope to pull yourself up! Hand over hand, that's it!
See also: hand, over
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
hand over hand
Fig. [moving] one hand after the other (again and again). Sally pulled in the rope hand over hand. The man climbed up the rope hand over hand.
See also: hand, over
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- have pull with
- have pull with (someone)
- pull in
- pull in(to) (some place)
- pull into a place
- pull apart
- pull something off
- pull off
- pull oneself off
- pull oneself together, to