echar mano de

echar mano de (first-person singular present echo mano de, first-person singular preterite eché mano de, past participle echado mano de)

1. (idiomatic) to make use of, put to use

• “echar mano de alguien o algo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024