put in hand
verb
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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