hand over hand

Carson called, coiling in hand-over-hand on the slack of the rope which Smoke's rush gave him.

He could then climb to earth head first by doing a hand-over-hand on a rope fastened to a peg in the ground.

It ascended by a hand-over-hand movement, and with great rapidity.

George stood close to the bow with John directly behind him as hand-over-hand they pulled in the wet, cold chain.