"de mains en mains" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [Français]

IPA: \də mɛ̃.z‿ɑ̃ mɛ̃\ Forms: de main en main
  1. Des mains d’une personne à celles d’une autre, et de celles-ci à d’autres successivement, jusqu’aux dernières.
    Sense id: fr-de_mains_en_mains-fr-adv-hIfSH-k6 Categories (other): Exemples en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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