"have full hands" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: has full hands [present, singular, third-person], having full hands [participle, present], had full hands [participle, past], had full hands [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> full hands}} have full hands (third-person singular simple present has full hands, present participle having full hands, simple past and past participle had full hands)
  1. Synonym of have one's hands full (“to be busy”) Synonyms: have one's hands full [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-have_full_hands-en-verb-bwT4zbQ~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
     
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