at hand

1. Also, close or near at hand . Within easy reach, nearby, as in I like to keep my tools close at hand . [1300s]

2. Also, on hand . Nearby in time, soon, as in The day of judgment is at hand , or A change of administration is on hand . Also see on hand .

Example Sentences

I was able to sort of stretch so much more because I was kept so alert by the job at hand.

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But, he said, if the political speech is not directly relevant to the subject at hand, or isn’t expressed in a respectful, age-appropriate manner, schools probably have a right to restrict it.

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Their projects could be written reports or, if their talents lay elsewhere, movies, plays, songs or board games — as long as they showed they had learned the lesson at hand.

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“The message is still the same. Do what you need to do. Drown out the noise, focus on the task at hand.”

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As in many such shows — “Abbott Elementary,” characterized as the savior of network comedy, to name but one — the workplace at hand is something of an underdog.

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