[VP; subj: human]
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⇒ (in refer, to an activity associated with what is specified by the object) to be very immersed in and do a lot of a certain activity:
- X не выпускает Y (Y-a) из рук{{}}≈ X doesn't let Y out of X's hand;
- X never puts Y down;
- X always has Y in X's hand.
♦ С пятнадцати лет [Егорша] топор из рук не выпускает (Абрамов 1). Не [Egorsha] hadn't let his ax out of his hand since the age of fifteen (1a).
Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь. — М.: ACT-ПРЕСС КНИГА. С.И. Лубенская. 2004.