Study & education
keep your hand in
maintain a skill through practice
To practise a skill occasionally so that you do not lose it.
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Occasionally, just to keep my hand in.
I write short stories at weekends to keep my hand in.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I practise piano sometimes to keep my hand inside.
Say: I practise piano sometimes to keep my hand in.
The idiom ends with “in,” not “inside,” when you mean maintaining a skill.
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How it fits in a sentence.
keep your hand in; keep my hand in
Your turn: say it out loud
I write short stories at weekends to keep my hand in.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
keep your hand in
maintain a skill through practice
“I write short stories at weekends to keep my hand in.”
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