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come in handy

VERB
  1. be useful for a certain purpose

How To Use come in handy In A Sentence

  • Other handy bits and pieces like plasters, handkerchief, aftersun and a needle and thread can also come in handy, and don't take up too much room.
  • We are confident that their reputation and persuasive skills will come in handy for the municipal authorities to collect taxes from defaulters, " said Bharat Sharma, a revenue officer.
  • The 25-35 litre daysacks are generally used and carried to provide storage for every day items such as sun cream, camera and all the other knick-knacks that come in handy.
  • A hanger and clothespin don't just come in handy for doing laundry, they can also be used to straighten out coiled cords, even ones that may appear permanently kinked.
  • Detecting suspicious activity in the community is where the bike patrol agents come in handy.
  • The one time minimum repayments come in handy is if you have multiple debts. The Sun
  • All are facts that may come in handy should direct intervention prove necessary. Christianity Today
  • Some of them wanted to sell things that would come in handy, such as fowls or panoche (brown sugar). Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan
  • THIS jacket may come in handy - if you like your blazer attached to a pair of giant gloves. The Sun
  • I found him friendly and approachable, and he possessed a disarming charm that could come in handy. Times, Sunday Times
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