hand-to-hand en · ADJ
Meanings
- (idiomatic, not-comparable) Close together, within arm's reach.
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(not-comparable) Especially, describing fighting (armed or unarmed) done within reach rather than at range.
Hemingway's subject for the epilogue was the mano a mano (or hand-to-hand, a duel) between Spain's two leading matadors, Luis Miguel Dominguin and his brother-in-law, Antonio Ordonez.
1985 June 9, William Kennedy, “The Last Ole”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 Oct 2020:soldiers trained in hand-to-hand combat
Translations (19)
grc ἀγχιμαχητής (fighting done within reach rather than at range) · mi taumātakitahi (fighting done within reach rather than at range) · fr corps à corps (fighting done within reach rather than at range) · es cuerpo a cuerpo (fighting done within reach rather than at range) · cmn 肉薄 (fighting done within reach rather than at range) · mi tautakitahi (fighting done within reach rather than at range) · pt corpo a corpo (fighting done within reach rather than at range) · it all'arma bianca (fighting done within reach rather than at range) · mi tautaumātakitahi (fighting done within reach rather than at range) · it corpo a corpo (fighting done within reach rather than at range) · es a cuerpo (fighting done within reach rather than at range) · fi lähi- (fighting done within reach rather than at range) · az əlbəyaxa (fighting done within reach rather than at range) · pl wręcz (fighting done within reach rather than at range) · tl mano-mano (fighting done within reach rather than at range) · mk рако́пашен (fighting done within reach rather than at range) · grc ἀγχέμαχος (fighting done within reach rather than at range) · cmn 肉搏 (fighting done within reach rather than at range) · grc αὐτοσχεδόν (fighting done within reach rather than at range)