"hand-to-hand" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-|head=hand-to-hand}} hand-to-hand (not comparable)
  1. Close together, within arm's reach. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-hand-to-hand-en-adj-RFHzts9u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English reduplicated coordinated pairs, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 75 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 77 23
  2. Especially, describing fighting (armed or unarmed) done within reach rather than at range. Tags: not-comparable Translations (fighting done within reach rather than at range): αὐτοσχεδόν (autoskhedón) [adverb] (Ancient Greek), 肉搏 (ròubó) (Chinese Mandarin), 肉薄 (ròubó) (Chinese Mandarin), lähi- (Finnish), corps à corps (French), corpo a corpo (Italian), all'arma bianca (Italian), рако́пашен (rakópašen) (Macedonian), taumātakitahi (Maori), tautakitahi (Maori), tautaumātakitahi (Maori), wręcz (english: almost exclusively in collocations) (Polish), corpo a corpo (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-hand-to-hand-en-adj-RdTt3bQC Disambiguation of 'fighting done within reach rather than at range': 12 88
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      "sense": "fighting done within reach rather than at range",
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      "sense": "fighting done within reach rather than at range",
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