the task at hand

:  a usually assigned piece of work often to be finished within a certain time

:  something hard or unpleasant that has to be done

:  duty, function

:  to assign a task to

:  to oppress with great labor

:  to impose a tax on

:  the terminal part of the vertebrate forelimb when modified (as in humans) as a grasping organ :  the body part at the end of the arm of a human, ape, or monkey

:  the forelimb segment (such as the terminal section of a bird's wing) of a vertebrate higher than the fishes that corresponds to the hand irrespective of its form or functional specialization

:  a part serving the function of or resembling a hand: such as

:  with the hands rather than by machine

:  to touch or manage with the hands

:  to deal with

:  furl