hands-on
hands-on
1. Very closely involved in the day-to-day activities of a business, organization, or department. I try not to be too hands-on with my employees because I know how irritating micro-managing can be.
2. Involving actual, practical use of something, such as a tool, piece of equipment, or program. Unfortunately, it wasn't a hands-on demonstration, so I didn't get to test the company's new computer model.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
hands-on
1. mod. having to do with an instructional session where the learners are able to handle the device they are being trained to operate. Please plan to attend a hands-on seminar on computers next Thursday.
2. mod. having to do with an executive or manager who participates directly in operations. We expect that he will be the kind of hands-on president we have been looking for.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- day to day
- day-to-day
- just another day at the office
- fight fires
- everything tastes of porridge
- from day to day
- make a day of (doing something)
- make a day of doing
- make a day of it
- by night