Example
“The club went cap in hand to local businesses for emergency funding.”
Dictionary details
Related idioms
Expressions connected by reviewed component words or topic tags.
hand in glove
Neutral · CEFR B2
working together in an extremely close and cooperative way
force someone's hand
Neutral · CEFR B2
To pressure someone into acting, often sooner than they had planned.
win hands down
Informal · CEFR B2
to win easily, without effort
sleight of hand
Neutral · CEFR C1
clever and subtle trickery used to mislead people
break the ice
Neutral · CEFR B1
To do or say something that eases tension and gets people talking comfortably in an unfamiliar social situation.
drop someone a line
Neutral · CEFR B1
to get in touch by sending a short note, message, or email
Source methodology
Meanings, register, CEFR, and examples come from the reviewed dictionary record. Expression notes may describe a reviewed present-day word picture or a background note; they are not presented as verified etymology.