*Definition*
[verb] - to start, to try one’s hand at, to dabble in
*Synonyms*
착수하다 (to start)
시도하다 (to try)
관계하다 (to be connected with)
*Common Phrases*
정치에 손을 대다 - to meddle in politics
사업에 손을 대다 - to start a business, to embark in an enterprise
여자에게 손을 대다 - to have relations with a woman
*Sample Sentences*
그는 협회의 개혁에 손을 댔다.
He started out to reform society.
대수 문제가 어려워서 손도 못 댔다.
The algebra paper was so hard, I didn’t touch it.
*In Conversation*
A: How is Danny getting along these days?
B: Don’t get me started. He speculated in stocks and lost all the money he saved.
