VB  pass one's time in, employ one's time in, spend one's time in, employ oneself in, employ oneself upon, occupy oneself with, concern oneself with, make it one's business, undertake, enter a profession, betake oneself to, turn one's hand to, have to do with, office, place, post, chargeship, incumbency, living, situation, berth, employ, service, engagement, undertaking, drive a trade, carry on a trade, do a trade, transact a trade, carry on business, do business, transact business, keep a shop, ply one's task, ply one's trade, labor in one's vocation, pursue the even tenor of one's way, attend to business, attend to one's work, officiate, serve, act, act one's part, play one's part, do duty, serve the office of, discharge the office of, perform the office of, perform the duties of, perform the functions of, hold an office, fill an office, fill a place, fill a situation, hold a portfolio, hold a place, hold a situation, be about, be doing, be engaged in, be employed in, be occupied with, be at work on, have one's hands in, have in hand, have on one's hands, have on one's shoulders, bear the burden, have one's hands full, be in the hands of, be on the stocks, be on the anvil, pass through one's hands, Adj, businesslike, workaday, professional, official, functional, busy, on hand, in hand, in one's hands, afoot, on foot, on the anvil, going on, acting, Adv, in the course of business, all in one's day's work, professionally.

VB  undertake, engage in, embark in, launch into, plunge into, volunteer, apprentice oneself to, engage, contract, take upon oneself, take upon one's shoulders, devote oneself to, take up, take in hand, tackle, set about, go about, set to, fall to, set to work, launch forth, set up shop, put in hand, put in execution, set forward, break the neck of a business, be in, for, put one's hand to, put one's foot in, betake oneself to, turn one's hand to, go to do, begin one's, broach one's, institute one's, put one's hand to the plow, lay one's hand to the plow, put one's shoulder to the wheel, have in hand, have many irons in the fire.

VB  do, perform, execute, achieve, transact, enact, commit, perpetrate, inflict, exercise, prosecute, carry on, work, practice, play, employ oneself, ply one's task, officiate, have in hand, labor, be at work, pursue a course, shape one's course, act, operate, take action, take steps, strike a blow, lift a finger, stretch forth one's hand, take in hand, put oneself in motion, put in practice, carry into execution, act upon, be an actor, take a part in, act a part in, play a part in, perform a part in, participate in, have a hand in, have a finger in the pie, have to do with, be a party to, be a participator in, bear a hand, lend a hand, pull an oar, run in a race, mix oneself up with, be in action, come into operation.

VB  possess, have, hold, occupy, enjoy, be possessed of, have in hand, own, command, inherit, come to, come in for, engross, monopolize, forestall, regrate, impropriate, have all to oneself, corner, have a firmhold of, get into one's hand, belong to, appertain to, pertain to, be in one's possession, vest in.

as luck would have it, at hand, big hand, black hand, bloody hand, bow hand, bridge hand, by hand, cash in hand, close at hand, come to hand, dead hand, dead hand of the past, elder hand, eldest hand, field hand, free hand, give a hand, glad hand, hand, hand and foot, hand and glove, hand ax, hand axe, hand blower, hand brake, hand by a hair, hand calculator, hand cheese, hand clapping, hand clasp, hand cream, hand down, hand drill, hand fern, hand glass, hand grenade, hand in, hand in glove, hand in hand, hand job, hand line, hand lotion, hand luggage, hand mirror, hand mower, hand on, hand organ, hand out, hand over, hand over fist, hand pump, hand puppet, hand saw, hand shovel, hand throttle, hand to hand, hand to mouth, hand tool, hand towel, hand truck, hand wear, have, have a baby, have a ball, have a bun in the oven, have a fit, have a go, have a go at it, have a good time, have a look, have a mind to, have at, have down, have got, have in mind, have intercourse, have it away, have it coming, have it made, have it off, have kittens, have on, have sex, have the best, have words, have young, heavy hand, helping hand, hired hand, hour hand, in hand, iron hand, left hand, lend a hand, little hand, lone hand, minute hand, note of hand, old hand, on hand, on one hand, on the one hand, on the other hand, out of hand, poker hand, ranch hand, ready to hand, red hand defenders, right hand, right hand man, round hand, running hand, second hand, section hand, sleight of hand, sweep hand, text hand, upper hand, whip hand