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 Hand over Hand.Hand Down to Posterity (To). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Hand the Sail,
 
i.e. furl it.   1
 


 Hand over Hand.Hand Down to Posterity (To). 

 
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