hand in hand
Holding hands.
Bob and Mary walked along hand in hand in the park.
Accompanying each other; together; closely connected. Used with go.
Ignorance and poverty often go hand in hand.
Selfishness and unhappiness often go hand in hand.
hand in
To submit or deliver something that is due.
Every student has to hand in an original composition each week of the semester.
All the salespeople hand their weekly reports in on Friday.
hand it to
To admit the excellence of; give credit or praise to.
You have to hand it to Jim; he is very careful and hard-working in all he does.
The teacher said, "I hand it to Jane for the way she managed the Music Club."
hand off
To hand the football to another back.
The quarterback faked to the fullback and handed off to the halfback.
hand on
To pass along to the next person who should have it.
Everyone in class should read this, so when you have finished, please hand it on.
In the early days, news was handed on from one person to another.
hand out
To give (things of the same kind) to several people. When you distribute something to other people, you hand it out. Give out is similar to hand out.
The teacher handed out the examination papers.
At the Christmas party Santa Claus handed out the presents under the tree.
Handing out free advice to all your friends will not make them like you.
The teacher handed the tests out to the class.
Emergency loan applications were handed out to the flood victims.
The verbal idiom to hand out can be made into the noun handout to refer to items that are distributed in a class or meeting.
Alright, students, here are the class handouts for this week.
hand over fist
Fast and in large amounts.
Fred may get a pony for Christmas because his father is making money hand over fist.
Business is so bad that the store on the corner is losing money hand over fist.
hand over hand
By taking hold with one hand over the other alternately.
The only way to climb a rope is hand over hand.