"on all hands" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} on all hands, {{en-PP}} on all hands
  1. Generally, by more or less everybody.
    Sense id: en-on_all_hands-en-prep_phrase-HR-lh52Q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30
  2. From all sides; from every direction.
    Sense id: en-on_all_hands-en-prep_phrase-Kzfmj1L2

Download JSON data for on all hands meaning in English (0.9kB)

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