hat in hand

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Recent Examples of hat in hand The transit agency will once again go hat in hand to state officials hoping to plug the shortfall. Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 24 Jan. 2025 No more going hat in hand begging for doses from the rich world. Gavin Yamey, TIME, 6 Sep. 2024 By that evening in Philadelphia, Walz had the soon-to-be-viral hat in hand and tweeted a photo wearing it. Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2024 Malone bops around in the background with his ubiquitous red Solo cup and camo baseball hat in hand. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 1 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for hat in hand

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“Hat in hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hat%20in%20hand. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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