hands-on

Involving active participation.

Someone with a hands-on way of doing things becomes closely involved in managing and organizing things and in making decisions.

Someone who has hands-on experience of something has done or used it rather than just read or learned about it.

"Hands-on investor" is an investor who has a large stake in a corporation and takes an active role in its management.
1.) I'm a 'hands-on' kind of manager so I don't stay in my office with the door always closed.

2.) Many employers consider hands-on experience to be as useful as academic qualifications.

3.) She's very much a hands-on manager.
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bum rap

unfair blame, unjust sentence (english slang)
It was a bum rap. Eddie didn't steal those paintings.
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across the board

Inclusive; everyone and everything; non-discriminatory.
The staff got pay raises across the board.
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bolos

South American throwing weapon, a number of balls on cords.
"I'm throwin' bolos you'll find out who's the number one solo"
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a bad taste in my mouth

a feeling that something is false or unfair, a feeling of ill will
I left the meeting with a bad taste in my mouth. There was a lot of dishonesty in the room.
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Commissione

Commission. Cosa Nostra’s parliament or board of management for each province of Sicily.
la Commissione, il douche!!!...
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fligh high

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