"have one's work cut out" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: has one's work cut out [present, singular, third-person], having one's work cut out [participle, present], had one's work cut out [participle, past], had one's work cut out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> one's work cut out}} have one's work cut out (third-person singular simple present has one's work cut out, present participle having one's work cut out, simple past and past participle had one's work cut out)
  1. Alternative form of have one's work cut out for one Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: have one's work cut out for one
    Sense id: en-have_one's_work_cut_out-en-verb-A4xUYcrb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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