at second hand
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ænd
Prepositional phrase
[edit]- By an intermediary or by indirect means; usually relating to something heard, by hearsay.
- September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Even devoted monarchists knew of her only at second hand, as a cipher, a still, small, largely silent, smiling figure, bound by her sense of duty and service, surrounded by turmoil and hubbub.
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[edit]References
[edit]- “at second hand”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “at second hand”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “at second hand”, in Collins English Dictionary.