From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishat handat handformal a) likely to happen soon Recent economic performance suggests that a major crisis is at hand. b) close to you and available to be used Don’t worry, help is at hand! c) needing to be dealt with now Peter turned his attention to the task at hand. → hand
Examples from the Corpus
help is at hand• But don't even worry about deciding, because help is at hand for that, too!• However, help is at hand from other sources.• However, help is at hand on the internet.• But now help is at hand.• However, every two years help is at hand. 