Term Gallery logo

Meanings of to-hand fight in English

We have no meanings for "to-hand fight" in our records yet.
Usage of to-hand fight in English
1
It ended in a hand- to-hand fight; and eventually the enemy gave way.
Hellenica
2
Twelve men did he thus kill in hand- to-hand fight before the ships.
The Iliad
3
Then began an indescribable hand- to-hand fight between the gendarmes and the legislators.
The History of a Crime / The Testimony of an Eye-Witness
4
In a hand- to-hand fight, like this, the victory rests always with us.
Without Dogma: A Novel of Modern Poland
5
Before the charge and the final hand- to-hand fight, however, there was shelling.
Paths of Glory: Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front
6
He was ill-content that a hand- to-hand fight with Gering had been prevented.
The Trail of the Sword, Volume 2
7
Never before had she gone through such a hand- to-hand fight with death.
A Girl in Ten Thousand
8
You had a hand- to-hand fight with them, and being two to one-
The House of a Thousand Candles
9
He was unconquerable in a square hand- to-hand fight in the woods.
The Man in Gray: A Romance of North and South
10
A hand- to-hand fight followed between the white men and the Indians.
The Beginner's American History
11
Then she and he devoted themselves to a hand- to-hand fight with the epidemic.
Robert Elsmere
12
Meanwhile a terrible hand- to-hand fight was going on throughout the long, scattered village.
What Germany Thinks; Or, The War as Germans see it
13
C. had a hand- to-hand fight in the church tower with Aldington's special imbecile.
Grain and Chaff from an English Manor
14
Round this ship there raged a close hand- to-hand fight between Danaans and Trojans.
The Iliad
15
One of our men had a hand- to-hand fight with an Indian.
Capt. W. F. Drannan, Chief of Scouts, As Pilot to Emigrant and G...
16
They stood their ground, and we had a fierce hand- to-hand fight with them.
Taking Tales: Instructive and Entertaining Reading
This collocation consists of:
To-hand fight through the time
To-hand fight across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common