put one's hand to

put one's hand to or set one's hand to or turn one's hand to  {v. phr.}
To start working at; try to do.
Hal does a good job at everything mat he turns his hand to.
After Mr. Sullivan found farming unprofitable, he moved to town and turned his hand to carpentry.
Categories: hand verb
Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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