hand-to-hand

[hand-to-hand] {adj.}

Close to each other; near enough to hit each other.

* /The result of the battle was decided in hand-to-hand combat./

* /When the police tried to break up the riot, there was hand-to-hand fighting with fists, stones, and clubs./

Compare: FACE-TO-FACE.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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