"out of hand" meaning in English

See out of hand in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more out of hand [comparative], most out of hand [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|head=out of hand}} out of hand (comparative more out of hand, superlative most out of hand)
  1. Barely under control; not under control. Related terms: eat out of someone's hand, out of one's hands, one thing led to another Translations (not under control, out of control): ongecontroleerd (Dutch), in het wilde weg (Dutch), käest ära (Estonian), hors de contrôle (French), geraten [verb] (German), außer Kontrolle (German), überhand (now only used in überhandnehmen) (German), aus dem Ruder (now only used in aus dem Ruder laufen) (German), ausufern (english: for: “get out of hand”) (German), fuori controllo (Italian), fora de controle (Portuguese), неуправляемый (neupravljajemyj) (Russian), fuera de control (Spanish), de las manos (alt: preceded by irse (a alguien)) (Spanish), urspårad (Swedish), urartad (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-out_of_hand-en-adj-P5eiYEuB

Adverb

Forms: more out of hand [comparative], most out of hand [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adv|head=out of hand}} out of hand (comparative more out of hand, superlative most out of hand)
  1. Without (further) thought or consideration. Synonyms: offhand#Adverb Translations (Without (further) thought or consideration): без раздумий (bez razdumij) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-out_of_hand-en-adv-kyStXGUB Disambiguation of 'Without (further) thought or consideration': 99 1
  2. (now rare) Immediately, forthwith, or incontinently. Tags: archaic
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