hand over fist
Example Sentences
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American consumers and small businesses alike are spitting fire these days about the cost of credit cards, while the companies profiting from them are making money hand over fist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2026
“Instead of buying hand over fist, China may cool down a little bit,” said Denton Cinquegrana, chief oil analyst at OPIS, which, like The Wall Street Journal, is owned by Dow Jones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026
England made metres hand over fist and, that intensity, combined with set-piece dominance, made a breakthrough inevitable.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2025
"Most of these guys are generating cash hand over fist and they are trying to reduce their reliance on banks, because they have seen how quickly banks are turning on the industry."
From Reuters ● Nov. 24, 2022
So Buddy put them inside the glass display case, whereupon the locals actually began to pay money for them hand over fist.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
