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turn one's hand to

turn one's hand to verb: to adapt or apply oneself to; to engage in; to undertake.

Verb

turn one's hand to (third-person singular simple present turns one's hand to, present participle turning one's hand to, simple past and past participle turned one's hand to)

  1. To adapt or apply oneself to; to engage in; to undertake.
    • Having failed as a musician, I turned my hand to pottery instead.

Forms of turn one's hand to

third-person singular presentturns one's hand to
present participleturning one's hand to
past participleturned one's hand to
pastturned one's hand to
alternative formput one's hand to
alternative formset one's hand to

Questions about turn one's hand to

What does turn one's hand to mean?
Turn one's hand to means to adapt or apply oneself to; to engage in; to undertake.
What part of speech is turn one's hand to?
Turn one's hand to is a verb.
What is the past tense of turn one's hand to?
The past tense of turn one's hand to is turned one's hand to.

Words near turn one's hand to in the dictionary

  1. turn on the waterworks
  2. turn on, tune in, drop out
  3. turn one's back
  4. turn one's coat
  5. turn one's color
  6. turn one's hand to
  7. turn one's life around
  8. turn one's life upside down
  9. turn one's nose up
  10. turn one's world upside down
  11. turn or burn

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