keep your hand in
Definition
› to practise a skill often enough so that you do not lose the skill: I do a bit of teaching now and then just to keep my hand in.Acting and actsDealing with things or people
(Definition of keep your hand in from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (your) every move idiom
- -ant suffix
- -ation suffix
- -er suffix (PERFORMER)
- act noun (THING DONE)
- act verb (BEHAVE)
- act verb (DO SOMETHING)
- act/do sth on your own responsibility idiom
- agency noun (ACTIONS)
- be up to sth idiom
- beat verb (DEFEAT)
- execution noun (ACTION)
- exploit noun
- fait accompli noun
- fling yourself into sth phrasal verb
- manoeuvring noun (CLEVER ACTION)
- operation noun (WORK)
- step noun (STAGE)
- stop the rot idiom
- up to preposition (DOING)
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