by the hand
idiom
: by holding someone's hand
I took him by the hand and led him through the crowd.
—sometimes used figurativelyYou can't expect me to lead you by the hand through every difficult situation.
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The same Patriots who can’t find the end zone unless they’re led by the hand.
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Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
Willig takes readers by the hand, leading us through the streets of New York, into the homes of the poor and the wealthy, showing the power of men and the powerlessness of women, who were often likely to die during childbirth or from abuse.
—Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2025
Hill is a deeply empathetic actor and his character pulls the audience through this story by the hand, revealing a now-struggling Solomon and an unstable family trapped in the deepest form of denial.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2025
Eighty years later, with few survivors left, Holocaust Remembrance Day, the day Auschwitz was liberated, lives within many of us who are alive by the hand of luck.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2025
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Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
Willig takes readers by the hand, leading us through the streets of New York, into the homes of the poor and the wealthy, showing the power of men and the powerlessness of women, who were often likely to die during childbirth or from abuse.
—Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2025
Hill is a deeply empathetic actor and his character pulls the audience through this story by the hand, revealing a now-struggling Solomon and an unstable family trapped in the deepest form of denial.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2025
Eighty years later, with few survivors left, Holocaust Remembrance Day, the day Auschwitz was liberated, lives within many of us who are alive by the hand of luck.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2025
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“By the hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20the%20hand. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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