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had full hands

had full hands is the simple past and past participle of have full hands.

Meaning of have full hands

Verb

have full hands (third-person singular simple present has full hands, present participle having full hands, simple past and past participle had full hands)

  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

Questions about had full hands

What is had full hands the simple past and past participle of?
Had full hands is the simple past and past participle of have full hands.

Words near had full hands in the dictionary

  1. had eyes bigger than one's stomach
  2. had eyes for
  3. had eyes in the back of one's head
  4. had fingers made of lime-twigs
  5. had form
  6. had full hands
  7. had fun
  8. had got
  9. had got a face on
  10. had got a point
  11. had got it made

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