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having full hands

having full hands is the present participle and gerund 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 having full hands

What is having full hands the present participle and gerund of?
Having full hands is the present participle and gerund of have full hands.

Words near having full hands in the dictionary

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

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