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
Figaro	-	Literature
Mariko	mah-ṙee-ko	Japanese
Azat	-	Tatar, Kazakh, Turkmen, Turkish, Armenian
Joeri	YOO-ree	Dutch
Citra	CHEET-rah	Indonesian
Kourtney	KORT-nee	English (Modern)