Meaning:
The phrase at hand is an idiomatic expression that means nearby, or close by in time or in space.
Examples:
- All these elements are present in the case at hand.
- The end of time is at hand (Rev. 22:10).
- May we please get back to the topic at hand?
- The end of your woes is truly at hand.
- Now the moment of my greatest triumph is at hand.
- The end of all things is at hand.
- What we must concentrate on is the business at hand.
- The middle of my life is at hand.
- Need a place to work with the tool at hand?
- We don't have enough people to complete the situation at hand.