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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.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Theresia | | tə-RAY-see-ah (Dutch) | German, Dutch, Swedish |
| JÓHannes | | - | Icelandic, Faroese |
| Thoma | | - | Old Church Slavic |
| Svantovit | | - | Slavic Mythology |
| Vlatko | | - | Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian |
| Quanah | | KWAH-nə (English) | Native American, Comanche |