"come to hand" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "comes to hand",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coming to hand",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "came to hand",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "come to hand",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "come<,,came,come> to hand"
      },
      "expansion": "come to hand (third-person singular simple present comes to hand, present participle coming to hand, simple past came to hand, past participle come to hand)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She fought off the intruder with whatever came to hand."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become available, often unexpectedly, or randomly."
      ],
      "id": "en-come_to_hand-en-verb-MtH5y7NI",
      "links": [
        [
          "available",
          "available"
        ],
        [
          "unexpectedly",
          "unexpectedly"
        ],
        [
          "randomly",
          "randomly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Horse racing",
          "orig": "en:Horse racing",
          "parents": [
            "Equestrianism",
            "Horses",
            "Sports",
            "Equids",
            "Livestock",
            "Human activity",
            "Odd-toed ungulates",
            "Agriculture",
            "Animals",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Mammals",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Lifeforms",
            "Human",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Chordates",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 67",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The horse came to hand, and won first prize."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To perform well, to come under control."
      ],
      "id": "en-come_to_hand-en-verb-IS6Fq5Aw",
      "links": [
        [
          "horse racing",
          "horse racing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, horse racing) To perform well, to come under control."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "horse-racing",
        "horseracing",
        "horses",
        "lifestyle",
        "pets",
        "racing",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "come to hand"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "comes to hand",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coming to hand",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "came to hand",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "come to hand",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "come<,,came,come> to hand"
      },
      "expansion": "come to hand (third-person singular simple present comes to hand, present participle coming to hand, simple past came to hand, past participle come to hand)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She fought off the intruder with whatever came to hand."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become available, often unexpectedly, or randomly."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "available",
          "available"
        ],
        [
          "unexpectedly",
          "unexpectedly"
        ],
        [
          "randomly",
          "randomly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "en:Horse racing"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The horse came to hand, and won first prize."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To perform well, to come under control."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "horse racing",
          "horse racing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, horse racing) To perform well, to come under control."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "horse-racing",
        "horseracing",
        "horses",
        "lifestyle",
        "pets",
        "racing",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "come to hand"
}