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on hand

PHRASE

• 1Present, especially for a specified purpose.

  ‘her trainer was on hand to give advice’

  1. 1.1 Readily available.
  2. 1.2 Needing to be dealt with.
     ‘they had many urgent and pressing matters on hand’

late-breaking

ADJECTIVE

• (Of a news story) that becomes public or breaks close to or after the print or broadcast deadline for a newspaper, newscast, etc.; (in extended use) very recent, up-to-date, last-minute.

Origin

1920s; earliest use found in The Appleton Post-Crescent.