On hand repeatedly with words of sympathy (5,5)

I believe the answer is:

there there

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'words of sympathy' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'on hand repeatedly' is the wordplay.
'on hand' becomes 'there' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'repeatedly' indicates the doubling of some letters.
'there' duplicated is 'THERE THERE'.

'with' acts as a link.

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