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by hand
Idioms and Phrases
With a hand or hands, manually (as opposed to a machine or some other means). For example, This letter was delivered by hand , or You can make these drawings by hand, but computer graphics are more efficient . [Mid-1500s]Example Sentences
Others have been forced to fill their washing machines by hand and are unable to run more than one tap at once.
In an era of life-or-death decisions made on six-inch screens, the paper’s suit makes the case that what politicians type with two thumbs is as durable as what they pen by hand.
The greenhouse project farms all products by hand, eliminating the need for pesticides, and is run by a group of local women.
Dr Ruddle added that if you cannot release the blockage by hand, the next step is to encourage the child to cough, if possible.
President Trump has said "many" pardons issued by Joe Biden are void because the former president signed them with "autopen" - a device which reproduces a person's signature - rather than by hand.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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