on the tools

Meaning

on the tools

Doing manual labour as a tradesperson, as opposed to being a foreman, business owner, etc., in the industry.

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Examples

Likewise nanotechnology will, once it gets under way, depend on the tools we have then and our ability to use them, and not on the steps that got us there. K. Eric Drexler

Words in the phrase

on the tools

Close letter words and terms

on the telephone on the tiles on the tip of my tongue on the top on the toss of a coin on the town