keep your hand in

keep your hand in
keep your hand in phrase
to do something that you used to do regularly, so that you do not lose the ability to do it well

I want to keep my hand in by doing a bit of coaching.

Thesaurus: practice and practising doing somethingsynonym
Main entry: hand

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keep your hand in
informal : to continue to be involved in some activity

He retired several years ago, but he still comes by the office occasionally because he likes to keep his hand in (the business).

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Main Entry:hand

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keep your ˈhand in idiom
to occasionally do sth that you used to do a lot so that you do not lose your skill at it

She retired last year but still teaches the odd class to keep her hand in.

Main entry:handidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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