{v. phr.} To start doing something of importance; give yourself to a big job. * /We felt that he had put his hand to the plow, and we didn't like it when he quit./
See: PUT ONE'S HAND TO THE PLOW.
{v. phr.} To start doing something of importance; give yourself to a big job. * /We felt that he had put his hand to the plow, and we didn't like it when he quit./
See: PUT ONE'S HAND TO THE PLOW.
Dictionary of English idioms . Словарь английских идиом. 2012