by the hand

idiom

: by holding someone's hand

I took him by the hand and led him through the crowd.

—sometimes used figuratively

You can't expect me to lead you by the hand through every difficult situation.

Examples of by the hand in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Standing 17 feet tall in a glimmer of white marble at the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence is the statue of David, his musculature carefully chiseled by the hand of Michelangelo, a portrait of the biblical hero who, despite all odds, defeated Goliath. —Sophia Herring, Vanity Fair, 28 Jan. 2026

Grippando, who lives in Coral Gables and himself is a lawyer, takes readers by the hand, leading them into the courtroom to show how the legal system works, or sometimes doesn’t, and the rivalry among lawyers. —Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2026

Then, as Vrabel worked from his opening press conference, taking the Patriots by the hand through the early stages of a rebuild and the first few weeks of the regular season, a funny thing happened on the road back to respectability. —Andrew Callahan, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2026

We are either thought to be impossibly dense or so desperately in need of comforting that we shall even be led by the hand to the battery shelf. —Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 29 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for by the hand

• ampersand
• beforehand
• behindhand
• bottomland
• contraband
• countermand
• dixieland
• fairyland
• fatherland
• firebrand
• hinterland
• motherland