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have time on one's hands

have time on one's hands verb: to have additional or spare time in which one has nothing particular to do or accomplish.

Verb

have time on one's hands (third-person singular simple present has time on one's hands, present participle having time on one's hands, simple past and past participle had time on one's hands)

  1. (idiomatic) To have additional or spare time in which one has nothing particular to do or accomplish.

Forms of have time on one's hands

third-person singular presenthas time on one's hands
present participlehaving time on one's hands
past participlehad time on one's hands
pasthad time on one's hands

Questions about have time on one's hands

What does have time on one's hands mean?
Have time on one's hands means to have additional or spare time in which one has nothing particular to do or accomplish.
What part of speech is have time on one's hands?
Have time on one's hands is a verb.
What is the past tense of have time on one's hands?
The past tense of have time on one's hands is had time on one's hands.

Words near have time on one's hands in the dictionary

  1. have the world by the tail on a downhill pull
  2. have the world by the testicles
  3. have the world on a string
  4. have tickets on oneself
  5. have time
  6. have time on one's hands
  7. have time on one's side
  8. have to
  9. have to say for oneself
  10. have truck and trade with
  11. have truck with

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