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come in handy
Idioms and Phrases
Be useful or convenient, as in This check will really come in handy . [Mid-1800s] Also see come in , def. 4.Example Sentences
It can come in handy for parents, too.
Such was the case on Saturday against Greensboro, and against Mississippi State, another team that hangs its hat on defense, it could come in handy.
Another 7-footer could come in handy, even if Mara returns, to help the team counter some of the massive front lines in the Big Ten.
Many are immigrants who may have had another profession in their previous lives — welders, mechanics or electricians with skills that come in handy at workplaces where something always needs fixing.
Windey is a former Denver Broncos cheerleader, which came in handy when she landed in second place on Season 31 of “Dancing With the Stars.”
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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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