have one's hands full
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have one's hands full (third-person singular simple present has one's hands full, present participle having one's hands full, simple past and past participle had one's hands full)
- (idiomatic) To be busy or thoroughly preoccupied.
- He already has his hands full with two kids and a full-time job, yet he still makes time to volunteer.
- c. 1603, Walter Raleigh, Apology for the Voyage to Guiana:
- They had their hands full to defend themselves from firing.
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be busy or thoroughly preoccupied
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