turn one's hand to
English
editAlternative forms
editVerb
editturn 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)
- 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
edit- “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.