have in hand
verb
Roget 777:
possess,
have,
hold,
occupy,
enjoy;
be possessed of
etc.
adj.;
have in hand
etc.
adj.;
own
etc.
780;
command.
inherit;
come to,
come in for.
engross,
monopolize,
forestall,
regrate†,
impropriate†,
have all to oneself;
corner;
have a firmhold of
etc.
(retain)
781†;
get into one's hand
etc.
(acquire)
775.
belong to,
appertain to,
pertain to;
be in one's possession
etc.
adj.;
vest in.
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Roget 680:
do,
perform,
execute;
achieve
etc.
(complete)
729;
transact,
enact;
commit,
perpetrate,
inflict;
exercise,
prosecute,
carry on,
work,
practice,
play.
employ oneself,
ply one's task;
officiate,
have in hand
etc.
(business)
625;
labor
etc.
686;
be at work;
pursue a course;
shape one's course
etc.
(conduct)
692.
act,
operate;
take action,
take steps;
strike a blow,
lift a finger,
stretch forth one's hand;
take in hand
etc.
(undertake)
676;
put oneself in motion;
put in practice;
carry into execution
etc.
(complete)
729;
act upon.
be an actor
etc.
690;
take a part in,
act a part in,
play a part in,
perform a part in;
participate in;
have a hand in,
have a finger in the pie;
have to do with;
be a party to,
be a participator in;
bear a hand,
lend a hand;
pull an oar,
run in a race;
mix oneself up with
etc.
(meddle)
682.
be in action;
come into operation
etc.
(power at work)
170.
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Roget 625:
pass one's time in,
employ one's time in,
spend one's time in;
employ oneself in,
employ oneself upon;
occupy oneself with,
concern oneself with;
make it one's business
etc.
n.;
undertake
etc.
676;
enter a profession;
betake oneself to,
turn one's hand to;
have to do with
etc.
(do)
680.
office,
place,
post,
chargeship†,
incumbency,
living;
situation,
berth,
employ;
service
etc.
(servitude)
749;
engagement;
undertaking
etc.
676.
drive a trade;
carry on a trade,
do a trade,
transact a trade,
carry on business,
do business,
transact business
etc.
n.;
keep a shop;
ply one's task,
ply one's trade;
labor in one's vocation;
pursue the even tenor of one's way;
attend to business,
attend to one's work.
officiate,
serve,
act;
act one's part,
play one's part;
do duty;
serve the office of,
discharge the office of,
perform the office of,
perform the duties of,
perform the functions of;
hold an office,
fill an office,
fill a place,
fill a situation;
hold a portfolio,
hold a place,
hold a situation.
be about,
be doing,
be engaged in,
be employed in,
be occupied with,
be at work on;
have one's hands in,
have in hand;
have on one's hands,
have on one's shoulders;
bear the burden;
have one's hands full
etc.
(activity)
682.
be in the hands of,
be on the stocks,
be on the anvil;
pass through one's hands.
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Roget 676:
undertake;
engage in,
embark in;
launch into,
plunge into;
volunteer;
apprentice oneself to;
engage
etc.
(promise)
768;
contract
etc.
769;
take upon oneself,
take upon one's shoulders;
devote oneself to
etc.
(determination)
604.
take up,
take in hand;
tackle;
set about,
go about;
set to,
fall to,
set to work;
launch forth;
set up shop;
put in hand,
put in execution;
set forward;
break the neck of a business,
be in,
for;
put one's hand to,
put one's foot in;
betake oneself to,
turn one's hand to,
go to do;
begin one's
etc.
66;
broach one's,
institute one's
etc.
(originate)
153;
put one's hand to the plow,
lay one's hand to the plow,
put one's shoulder to the wheel.
have in hand
etc.
(business)
625;
have many irons in the fire
etc.
(activity)
682.
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Moby thesaurus: be enfeoffed of, be possessed of, be seized of, boast, claim, command, control, enjoy, fill, have, have and hold, have control of, have tenure of, have under control, hold, hold in hand, hold the helm, hold the reins, occupy, possess, pull the strings, squat, squat on, usucapt ... show more.
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