They were not going to kill her out of hand?

I don't want to see any woman killed out of hand, but we will need you when battle is joined, too.

Probably what he'd do if we tried is kill us out of hand.

At least they can kill time inside, out of the cold.

He asked why it had been necessary to kill deer out of season.

The crash killed 45 out of the 58 on board.

If it were the Sixty, why not kill him out of hand?

But there were eight, and he did not want to give them any excuse to kill him out of hand.

I knew a man once who decided to kill one out of vengeance.

"One wrong word from you and he'll kill her out of spite."