come in handy

Meaning

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   to be useful

   But one more clerk would certainly come in handy.

In the movies · 11

• come in handy to an intelligent guy, huh?Paulie1998
• It might come in handy.Inside Out2015
• This might come in handy.Casablanca1943
• This might come in handy, too.Love and Monsters2020
• These wax dolls do come in handy.Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island1998
• Knew it would come in handy. Told you!Dolittle2020
• Too bad. It could have come in handy.The Pacifier2005
• But one more clerk would certainly come in handy.She Loves Me2016

Learn it in full scenes

• Inside Out2015
  • Broccoli on the Pizza
  • Sadness Nearly Touches a Core Memory
  • Riley Introduces Herself and Cries
• Casablanca1943
  • Ugarte Hands Rick the Letters
  • Ferrari Tries to Buy Rick's Café
  • Renault Warns Rick About Laszlo

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• a blast from the past
• a show of hands