Usually means: Useful in specific situations unexpectedly.
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  1. come in handy: Merriam-Webster
  2. come in handy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. come in handy: Vocabulary.com
  4. come in handy: Wiktionary
  5. come in handy: Dictionary.com
  6. come in handy: Rhymezone
  7. come in handy: FreeDictionary.org
  8. come in handy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. come in handy: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. come in handy: Idioms

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  1. come in handy: Urban Dictionary

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▸ verb:  (idiomatic, informal) To prove to be useful or helpful.

Similar:
stand in good stead, avail, come in, serve, utilise, profit, help out, give someone a hand, inserve, go for, more...

Opposite:
be useless, be unhelpful, be inconvenient

Types:
be useful, be helpful, be of use, be of service, more...

Phrases:
to come in handy, more...

Adjectives:
onz, nait, even, going, be, walk-in, ace, like, onward, apply, set

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Similar:
stand in good stead, avail, come in, serve, utilise, profit, help out, give someone a hand, inserve, go for, more...

Opposite:
be useless, be unhelpful, be inconvenient

Types:
be useful, be helpful, be of use, be of service, more...

Phrases:
to come in handy, more...

Adjectives:
onz, nait, even, going, be, walk-in, ace, like, onward, apply, set



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