- keep your hand in
- keep (your) hand in
to practise a skill often enough so that you do not lose the skill.
I do a bit of teaching now and then just to keep my hand in.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
keep your hand in
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keep hand in — keep (your) hand in to practise a skill often enough so that you do not lose the skill. I do a bit of teaching now and then just to keep my hand in … New idioms dictionary
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