English

Adverb

out of hand ‎(comparative more out of hand, superlative most out of hand)

1. (now rare) Immediately.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.xii:

     He bad to open wyde his brazen gate, / Which long time had bene shut, and out of hond / Proclaymed ioy and peace through all his state [...].

2. Without (further) thought or consideration.

   He dismissed the idea out of hand.

Adjective

out of hand ‎(comparative more out of hand, superlative most out of hand)

1. Not under control.

   Clean things as you go so that the mess does not get out of hand.

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