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"forms": [
{
"form": "has a hand in",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
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]
},
{
"form": "having a hand in",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "had a hand in",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "had a hand in",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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"examples": [
{
"text": "Things would be better if you let me have a hand in the planning process.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "It was clear she had a hand in this.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2022 December 4, Phil McNulty, “England 3-0 Senegal”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "Jude Bellingham was England's star man, setting up the first goal for Jordan Henderson with a perfect cross after 38 minutes then having a hand in the second on the stroke of half-time, combining with Phil Foden as captain Harry Kane powered home his first of the tournament.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To contribute to, participate in, or influence."
],
"id": "en-have_a_hand_in-en-verb-rdEqelxQ",
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"contribute",
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],
[
"participate",
"participate"
],
[
"influence",
"influence"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) To contribute to, participate in, or influence."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"word": "have a hand in"
}
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},
{
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"participle",
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]
},
{
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},
{
"form": "had a hand in",
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]
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],
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"name": "en-verb"
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"pos": "verb",
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{
"text": "Things would be better if you let me have a hand in the planning process.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "It was clear she had a hand in this.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2022 December 4, Phil McNulty, “England 3-0 Senegal”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "Jude Bellingham was England's star man, setting up the first goal for Jordan Henderson with a perfect cross after 38 minutes then having a hand in the second on the stroke of half-time, combining with Phil Foden as captain Harry Kane powered home his first of the tournament.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To contribute to, participate in, or influence."
],
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[
"participate",
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"(idiomatic) To contribute to, participate in, or influence."
],
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}
],
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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