Meaning of put one's hands on | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To assault.
2. To interfere with.
3. To obtain or find.
4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, hands.

Examples

“I can't believe I put my hands on him like that. I feel awful for hitting him.”

“He never physically put his hands on me though he threatened many times.”

“No, I did not put my hands on your child.”

“You not supposed to put your hands on my stuff either You racist bitch!”

““How dare you put your hands on my things!” she screamed and growled, slapping and scratching at his face, pulling viciously on the collar of his shirt.”

“Well Sergio belongs to me; since you had the balls to put your hands on my property I figured they had to be pretty big.””

“If he doesn't already own some helicopters, he's bound to be able to put his hands on some.””

“Any ideas where I can put my hands on some new shoes for the front and rear?”

“I would give a great deal if I could put my hands on some of those paintings (now lost) I did at home between the ages of sixteen and seventeen, depictions of “family happiness” in what we might call the Tolstoyan sense of the phrase.”

“He had to put his hands on some money— and soon.”

“He put his hands on both sides of the wall.”

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