to hand

to hand

1. Readily available; within easy reach; nearby.
   • 1953, Saul Bellow, chapter 5, in The Adventures of Augie March, New York: Viking Press, →OCLC:

     Einhorn had a teaching turn […] And with his son at the university I was the only student he had to hand.

• at hand
• handy
• on hand
• to one's hand

• Donath, Dothan, Hadnot