phrasal
1. archaic : to lay one's hand especially to kill — used with upon
2. or turn a hand
a. : to engage in manual work
plans must be drawn before a hand can be turned to building
b. : set to work : be employed : apply oneself — used with to
had begun turning his hand to occasional literary journalism — Cecil Sprigge
could turn their hand to almost anything in the line of pantomime — Winthrop Palmer