"have in hand" is a correct and usable expression in written English.
It typically means to possess or hold something. For example: "I have the necessary documents in hand to complete the project."
I would not have in hand what I needed to take.
Barring production delays, the government hopes to have in hand 195 million doses by year's end.
And I always recommend that you focus on what you have in hand today.
COMPANIES need to make the best returns on the assets they have in hand.
First, though, senators need to have in hand the Pentagon report on the impact of repeal.
Afterward, Davis said, "We're not worried about scoring meaningless points in a game we already have in hand".
DeSmogBlog notes: The DeSmogBlog has reviewed that Strategy document and compared its content to other material we have in hand.
And it was unclear on Thursday what evidence, beyond Mr. Hernandez's confession, the prosecutors have in hand.
The cost to UrAsia was more than $450 million, money the company did not have in hand and had only weeks to come up with.
The slide began with a 4-3 overtime loss in Tampa on Nov. 3, a game they appeared to have in hand.
(I have in hand, as tinder for such derision, "Robert Ryman: Critical Texts Since 1967," a thick volume of often gruellingly dense essays).
