have full hands

verb

Synonym of have one's hands full (“to be busy”).

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Meanings

verbhave full hands (third-person singular simple present has full hands, present participle having full hands, simple past and past participle had full hands)

present singular third person has full hands · participle present having full hands · participle past had full hands · past had full hands

  1. Synonym of have one's hands full (“to be busy”).

    As still more patients were in the offing, the staff continued to be busy right through the noon hour. And as usual when everyone has full hands, there came a message from Wendover which had to be relayed immediately to Flat Creek.

    1931, Caroline Gardner, Clever Country: Kentucky Mountain Trails, page 115

    Synonyms: have one's hands full

Synonyms & antonyms

verbSynonym of have one's hands full (“to be busy”).

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have full hands. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/have%20full%20hands

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “have full hands,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/have%20full%20hands.

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