hand over hand



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.
See also: hand

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Antonia[æn'təuniə]
Todor-Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian
Volodymyr-Ukrainian
Melete-Greek Mythology
Wilhelmina[.wilə'mi:nə]
Nima (1)-Arabic