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Hand over fist

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Quickly or in great quantity, especially in reference to earning money. idiomatic, not-comparable

    "to make money hand over fist"

Adverb
  1. 1
    at a tremendous rate wordnet

Etymology

Related to earlier hand over hand, this phrase originally referred to a speedy method of climbing up or hauling on a rope.

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