On hand

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1
Available; ready; in stock.
If you have cornstarch on hand, use it; otherwise, try a little flour.
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at hand handy to hand

Word Origin

From Middle English *onhande, onhende, from Old English onhende (“on hand, demanding attention”), from Proto-Germanic *anahandijaz. Equivalent to on- + hand. Cognate with Icelandic áhendur (“within re...

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