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Definition human chain in British English

human chain noun

noun
1

a line which is formed by people holding hands with the purpose of helping someone or to give support

Example

When a female swimmer began to struggle, a group of beachgoers went to heroic lengths to save her by forming a human chain in dangerously tumultuous surf and pulling her to safety.

Definition human chain in British English