Sekirov Dictionary

go back to the tools

verb1

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To return to one's job after having held, or failed to obtain, a position in a trade union.
- I think Brother Bartalini put it very well when he said they would laugh at you if you had to go back to the tools. — 1966

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went back to the tools · gone back to the tools · going back to the tools · goes back to the tools

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