hand-to-hand

English

Adjective

hand-to-hand (not comparable)

Close together, within arm's reach. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Especially, describing fighting (armed or unarmed) done within reach rather than at range.
soldiers trained in hand-to-hand combat

Translations

fighting done within reach rather than at range

French: corps à corps (fr)
Italian: corpo a corpo (it), all'arma bianca

Maori: taumātakitahi, tautakitahi, tautaumātakitahi

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