hand over hand

Idioms and Phrases

see hand over fist .

Example Sentences

The men did “hold on” most powerfully; they did more, they hauled upon the rope, hand over hand, to a “Yo-heave-ho!”

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There he paused a moment for breath, and then climbed up the lightning-rod, hand over hand, and gained the roof.

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Then I watched her slender legs swing up and out of sight as she went up her improvised ladder hand over hand.

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I hadn't the athletic ability of these Zervs who seemed to like to climb ropes hand over hand.

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“It comes up easy,” he said to Joe, as he drew it up slowly to the surface, hand over hand.

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