not at hand
Example Sentences
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The first thing is to make sure that the things you try to avoid are not at hand.
From Slate • Nov. 8, 2018
But sometimes the perfect implement is not at hand; we live half an hour from the nearest hardware store.
From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2016
But the U.S.-Russia accord, although close, is still not at hand.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2010
But if world war was not at hand, little Laos was nonetheless locked in a dangerous power struggle between East and West.
From Time Magazine Archive
A weak solution of alum water may, however, be substituted, provided the bayberry or white oak bark is not at hand.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George
