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hands
CIDE DICTIONARY
hands, n.
- a person's power or discretionary action; as, my fate is in your hands. [WordNet 1.5]
- The force of workers available; as, all hands on deck. [WordNet 1.5]"A dictionary containing a natural history requires too many hands, as well as too much time, ever to be hoped for."
THESAURUS
hands
administration, authority, claws, clutches, command, control, disposition, domination, dominion, empery, empire, fighting force, firepower, forces, governance, government, grasp, grip, gripe, hand, helm, hold, iron hand, jurisdiction, mastership, mastery, men, personnel, power, raj, regnancy, reign, reins of government, rule, sovereignty, sway, talons, the big battalions, troops, units, work forceAlso see definition of "hands" in Bible Study Dictionaries
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