hand over hand

Fig. [moving] one hand after the other (again and again). Sally pulled in the rope hand over hand. The man climbed up the rope hand over hand.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Kriemhilde	kreem-HIL-də	German
Herodotus	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Katarina	kah-tah-REE-nah (German, Swedish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Hungarian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Tecumseh	te-KUM-se	Native American, Shawnee
Dagney	-	Various
Heintje	HIEN-tyə	Dutch