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work with one's hands

work with one's hands verb: to engage in difficult manual labor, especially using analog tools.

Verb

work with one's hands (third-person singular simple present works with one's hands, present participle working with one's hands, simple past and past participle worked with one's hands)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To engage in difficult manual labor, especially using analog tools.

Forms of work with one's hands

third-person singular presentworks with one's hands
present participleworking with one's hands
past participleworked with one's hands
pastworked with one's hands

Questions about work with one's hands

What does work with one's hands mean?
Work with one's hands means to engage in difficult manual labor, especially using analog tools.
What part of speech is work with one's hands?
Work with one's hands is a verb.
What is the past tense of work with one's hands?
The past tense of work with one's hands is worked with one's hands.

Words near work with one's hands in the dictionary

  1. work up
  2. work up to
  3. work week
  4. work weeks
  5. work wife
  6. work with one's hands
  7. work wives
  8. work wonders
  9. work zone
  10. work zones
  11. work'd

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