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in the hands of



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Idioms and Phrases

In the possession of; in the custody or under the authority of. For example, In the hands of the decorator the hall was completely transformed . [Late 1200s] Also see in hand ; in one's hands .
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Thanks to the work of Bagmanyan and the rest of the repair shop staff, it soon will be back in the hands of a cello student at Florence Nightingale Middle School.

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Then, in 2020, Azerbaijan - backed by Turkey - regained control of big swathes of the lost territory, while the Karabakh enclave remained in the hands of ethnic Armenian separatists.

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Alonso says that Verstappen's performance at the weekend reminded him of his 2012 season, when he fought valiantly but ultimately unsuccessfully for the title with Ferrari against a much faster Red Bull in the hands of Sebastian Vettel, in what he regards as his finest season.

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In all, the tech giant says it relies on more than 50 countries and regions to put AirPods, iPads and MacBooks in the hands of consumers.

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As the former head of the St. Joseph Center in Venice, which she helped transform into a major provider of homeless services, Adams Kellum brought experience to a job that historically had been in the hands of career bureaucrats and vowed to tackle the agency’s well-documented deficiencies.

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