the task at hand
noun phrase
: the work someone is doing now
I need to concentrate on the task at hand.
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Despite being linked to Villarreal this week in transfer speculation, he was fully focused on the task at hand and Girona couldn’t handle his creativity.
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Sam Leveridge, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Falcons third-year running back Bijan Robinson acknowledged that has been the problem in recent seasons — the expectations of everyone had the team looking too far ahead and not focusing on the task at hand.
—Shane Shoemaker, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
At practice, the coaching staff emphasizes a need to get the task at hand done with full effort.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Aug. 2025
The vibe felt like a rowdy but precocious classroom at an alternative school with Bob-Waksberg as teacher trying to get the class to focus on the task at hand.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 18 Aug. 2025
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Sam Leveridge, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Falcons third-year running back Bijan Robinson acknowledged that has been the problem in recent seasons — the expectations of everyone had the team looking too far ahead and not focusing on the task at hand.
—Shane Shoemaker, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
At practice, the coaching staff emphasizes a need to get the task at hand done with full effort.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Aug. 2025
The vibe felt like a rowdy but precocious classroom at an alternative school with Bob-Waksberg as teacher trying to get the class to focus on the task at hand.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 18 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the task at hand
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“The task at hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20task%20at%20hand. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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