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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

have full hands en · VERB

Meanings

  1. Synonym of have one's hands full (“to be busy”).
    • As still more patients were in the offing, the staff continued to be busy right through the noon hour. And as usual when everyone has full hands, there came a message from Wendover which had to be relayed immediately to Flat Creek. 1931, Caroline Gardner, Clever Country: Kentucky Mountain Trails, page 115:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
has full hands Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
having full hands Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
had full hands Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
had full hands Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

have one's hands full