out of handREFUSEwithout even stopping to consider what someone has suggested, asked for etc 断然，即时，不假思索reject/dismiss/refuse etc something out of hand Aromatherapy was dismissed out of hand by traditional doctors. 传统的医生断然认为香薰疗法根本不值一提。
reject/dismiss/refuse etc something out of hand• After dismissing it out of hand, the neighbor called back the same night and said it might be worth considering.
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