get one's hands dirty

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Verb

get one's hands dirty

(idiomatic) To get involved with the unpleasant parts, or the lowest levels, of a task.

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French: se salir les mains (fr)
German: sich die Hände schmutzig machen, sich die Finger schmutzig machen (de)

Spanish: ensuciarse las manos, no caérsele los anillos

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