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on hand

• present, especially for a specified purpose.
• "her trainer was on hand to give advice"
Similar: ready, at the ready, available, accessible, handy, at one's fingertips, prepared, primed, on standby, standing by, on stand-to, on call, on full alert, on tap,
• needing to be dealt with.
• "they had many urgent and pressing matters on hand"

in hand

• receiving or requiring immediate attention.
• "he threw himself into the work in hand"
Similar: being dealt with, receiving attention, being attended to, under way, under control,
• ready for use if required; in reserve.
• "he had £1,000 of borrowed cash in hand"
Similar: available for use, ready, available, put by, spare, in reserve,
• under one's control.
• "the police had the situation well in hand"


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