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
&Aelig;Lfswi&Thorn;-Anglo-Saxon
Aminah (2)-Arabic
Errol['erəl]
Izrail-Judeo-Christian Legend
ŞErİFe-Turkish
Bernadett-Hungarian