at all hands

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at all hands

  1. (archaic, idiomatic) From all angles; from every direction; generally.
    • Dec. 24, 1858, Carl Schurz, letter to Hon. J. F. Potter
      I would have stopped it, for the reason that my name cannot be used in connection with a nomination unless the thing is understood at all hands

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