Idiom
come in handy
Meaning
To prove to be useful or helpful.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Keep that map, it might come in handy later.”
“I learned how to fix a leaky pipe last year, and that skill really came in handy when my sink broke yesterday.”
“Although he initially dismissed the old manual as outdated, he soon realized the technical diagrams would come in handy during the complex repair process.”
Examples
simple
“Keep that map, it might come in handy later.”
contextual
“I learned how to fix a leaky pipe last year, and that skill really came in handy when my sink broke yesterday.”
complex
“Although he initially dismissed the old manual as outdated, he soon realized the technical diagrams would come in handy during the complex repair process.”
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