old hand

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

~ (at sth / at doing sth) a person with a lot of experience and skill in a particular activity: She's an old hand at dealing with the press.

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old handEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary old handEnglish›UyghurMain Dictionary old handEnglish›UyghurGetWord Corpus old hand

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