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
Antigonus	an-TIG-ə-nəs (English)	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Jacintha	yah-SIN-tah	Dutch (Rare)
Mara (2)	-	Hungarian, Croatian, Serbian
Orvokki	OR-vok-kee	Finnish
MichaŁ	MEE-khahw	Polish
Herberto	er-BER-to (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese