"at the hands of" meaning in All languages combined

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Preposition [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=at the hands of (someone)}} at the hands of (someone), {{en-prep|head=at the hands of (someone)}} at the hands of (someone)
  1. By the actions of (someone). Synonyms: at the hand of Related terms: at hand, by one's own hand, in hand Translations (by the actions of): تَحْتَ تَصَرُف (taḥta taṣaruf) (Arabic), تحت تصرف (taḥt taṣaruf) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), կողմից (koġmicʻ) (Armenian), ձեռքով (jeṙkʻov) (Armenian), 經...之手 (Chinese Mandarin), 经...之手 (jīng ... zhī shǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), door toedoen van (Dutch), toimesta (Finnish), aux mains de (French), seitens (German), von Seiten (German), durch (German), da parte di (Italian), per mano di (Italian), ab (Latin), a (Latin), z rąk [error-misspelling, with-genitive] (Polish), pelas mãos de (Portuguese), от рук (ot ruk) [with-genitive] (Russian), en manos de (Spanish), dưới bàn tay của (Vietnamese), dưới tay của (Vietnamese)

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