handle : Idioms & Phrases

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ax handle

  • noun the handle of an ax
    ax handle.
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axe handle

  • noun the handle of an ax
    ax handle.
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basket-handle arch

  • noun a round arch whose inner curve is drawn with circles having three centers
    three-centered arch.
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broom handle

  • noun the handle of a broom
    broomstick.
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crank handle

  • noun crank used to start an engine
    crank handle.
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Cross handle

  • a handle attached transversely to the axis of a tool, as in the augur. Knight.
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fly off the handle

  • verb get very angry and fly into a rage
    hit the roof; flip one's lid; have kittens; go ballistic; flip one's wig; hit the ceiling; throw a fit; blow one's stack; lose one's temper; combust; blow up; blow a fuse; have a fit.
    • The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question
    • Spam makes me go ballistic
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handle with kid gloves

  • verb handle with great care and sensitivity
    • You have to handle the students with kid gloves
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handle-bars

  • noun a large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth)
    mustachio; moustachio.
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handling charge

  • noun the cost of handling (especially the cost of packaging and mailing an order)
    handling charge.
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handling cost

  • noun the cost of handling (especially the cost of packaging and mailing an order)
    handling charge.
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hoe handle

  • noun the handle of a hoe
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knife-handle

  • noun marine clam having a long narrow curved thin shell
    razor clam; jackknife clam.
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Ladder handle

  • an iron rail at the side of a vertical fixed ladder, to grasp with the hand in climbing.
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long-handled

  • adjective satellite having a long handle
    long-handled.
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long-handled spade

  • noun a spade with a long handle for digging narrow ditches
    ditch spade.
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love handle

  • noun excess fat around the waistline
    spare tire.
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materials handling

  • noun act of loading and unloading and moving goods within e.g. a factory especially using mechanical devices
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mop handle

  • noun the handle of a mop
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pole-handled

  • adjective satellite having a long handle
    long-handled.
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Pump handle

  • the lever, worked by hand, by which motion is given to the bucket of a pump.
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rake handle

  • noun the handle of a rake
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short-handled

  • adjective having a short handle
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Spade handle

  • (Mach.), the forked end of a connecting rod in which a pin is held at both ends. See Illust. of Knuckle joint, under Knuckle.
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starting handle

  • noun crank used to start an engine
    crank handle.
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To give a handle

  • to furnish an occasion or means.
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To handle without gloves

  • with the gloves off, to take the gloves off to treat without reserve or tenderness; to deal roughly with. Colloq.
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To handle without mittens

  • to treat roughly; to handle without gloves. Colloq.
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