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单词 out of one's hands
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out of one's hands (also sometimes hand)
(a) out of one's hands (also sometimes hand): outside of one's care, custody, charge, or control; (in extended use) beyond a person's power or influence; no longer one's responsibility.
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c1330 Simonie (Auch.) (1991) l. 374 For þat Shrewedom þat regneþ in þe lond, I drede me þat God us haþ forlaft out of his hond.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John x. 39 Thei souȝten for to take him, and he wente out of her hondis.
c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 291 He delyverd þe Holie Lande oute of Saracens handis.
c1503 Beuys of Southhamptowne (Pynson) sig. I.iv Syr beuys Come to south hampton is To take possession of his londes, That had ben longe out of his hondes.
1694 S. Slater Earnest Call to Family-relig. 137 Will it not be a bitter reflexion to you at the last, when the matter is out of your hands, and past remedy?
1713 D. Defoe Reasons conc. Demolishing of Dunkirk 23 We shall soon find the King of France insist upon..[Dunkirk's] being Demolished, since it is out of his Hand.
1884 J. R. Green & A. S. Green Conquest of Eng. vi. 253 The power of the land was out of their hands.
1916 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 1 Jan. 6/1 The decision is taken out of our hands by the state.
1973 Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.) 23 Mar. 16/2 If it is out of his hand, why worry?
2003 G. Joseph Big Smoke xliii. 359 Russell hoped everything would go well. The situation was out of his hands now, but it was still his collar and everyone knew that.
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