"have time on one's hands" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: has time on one's hands [present, singular, third-person], having time on one's hands [participle, present], had time on one's hands [participle, past], had time on one's hands [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> time on one's hands}} have time on one's hands (third-person singular simple present has time on one's hands, present participle having time on one's hands, simple past and past participle had time on one's hands)
  1. (idiomatic) To have additional or spare time in which one has nothing particular to do or accomplish. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-have_time_on_one's_hands-en-verb-Av95ta09 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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