go back to the tools
Definitions
To return to one's job after having held, or failed to obtain, a position in a trade union.
Examples
“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.”
“He could, as they say⟳, 'go back to the tools' but at his age and with his record⟳ that might prove⟳ difficult.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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