Speakur

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have time on one's hands

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English

Syllables
have -time on one's hands
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To have additional or spare time in which one has nothing particular to do or accomplish.

Inflected Forms

has time on one's hands (present, singular) having time on one's hands (participle, present) had time on one's hands (participle, past) had time on one's hands (past)

Questions

What does have time on one's hands mean?
To have additional or spare time in which one has nothing particular to do or accomplish.

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