hands down

1. Lit. & Racing : Winning with ease; having no occasion to call upon a horse. 2. Fig .: Easily; without exertion. "He's the boy who can give Max Müller ten languages start, and beat him hands down in a canter"-London Truth. hănd, v. t. & i. [HAND, 8.] A. Transitive: I. Ordinary Language : 1. To give or transmit with the hand. IMG:content-0952.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Having a hand po e ed of or distinguished by some property or characteristic; as, empty- handed . "What false Italian (As poisonous tongued, as handed ) hath prevailed?" Shakesp.: Cymbeline, iii. 2. 3. Having the use of the hand. (In composition.) "And among al these folke were seuen hundred lefte handed men." -Bible (1551), Judges xx.