turn one's hand to

English

Alternative forms

• put one's hand to, set one's hand to

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.

Further reading

• “turn one's hand to”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “turn one’s hand to, .”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “turn one's hand to”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “turn your hand to sth”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “turn your hand to something” (US) / “turn your hand to something” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “turn one's hand to”, in Collins English Dictionary.