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come in handy



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Idioms and Phrases

Be useful or convenient, as in This check will really come in handy . [Mid-1800s] Also see come in , def. 4.
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It can come in handy for parents, too.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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