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单词 to keep one's hand in
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to keep one's hand in
(a) one's hand is in: one is in practice, or actively engaged in something. to get one's hand in: to become skilful by practice. to have one's hand in: to be actively engaged or in practice; to be at it. to keep one's hand in: to maintain a level of skill or ability in something by practising or engaging in an activity.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > in preparation [phrase] > in a state of preparation or readiness > in fit condition (for)
one's hand is ina1500
in practice1816
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxiii. 293 1 Tortor. Yit efte, whils thi hande is in. 2 Tortor. Pull therat with som kyn gyn!
1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. F2v There was no rakehell..but his hand was in with him, and that he was a copesmate for him.
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. i. 134 And if my hand be out, then belike your hand is in.
1668 I. Barrow Let. in S. P. Rigaud & S. J. Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men 17th Cent. (1841) (modernized text) II. 54 Now my hand is in, I will add briefly these theorems.
1749 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 17 Oct. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1421 Write a line or two of it [sc. German] every day, to keep your hand in.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) (at cited word) To have the hand in, to be accustomed to business.
1832 H. Martineau Life in Wilds vi. 78 It was some time before she got her hand in, as we say.
1875 M. Pattison I. Casaubon v. 354 Mere exercises to keep his hand in.
1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. xvii. 214 ‘I'll begin milking now, to get my hand in’, said Tess.
1936 Street & Smith's Western Story Mag. 14 Mar. 13/1 ‘Maybe you're looking for a fight,’ suggested Peso... ‘Just come from one’, stated Shooks quietly. ‘Maybe I sorta got my hand in. Guess I could digest another.’
2011 Independent 1 Jan. (Mag.) 11/2 He'll be keeping his hand in by bringing people down to the studio on days he isn't busy writing his memoirs.
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to keep one's hand in
5. to keep one's hand in: see hand n. Phrases 3f.
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