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catch hands

catch hands verb: to take a punch; to get hit, especially with the hand or fist.

Verb

catch hands (third-person singular simple present catches hands, present participle catching hands, simple past and past participle caught hands)

  1. (US, idiomatic, slang, African-American Vernacular) To take a punch; to get hit, especially with the hand or fist.
    • Do you really want to catch these hands? Then keep running your mouth.

Forms of catch hands

third-person singular presentcatches hands
present participlecatching hands
past participlecaught hands
pastcaught hands

Questions about catch hands

What does catch hands mean?
Catch hands means to take a punch; to get hit, especially with the hand or fist.
What part of speech is catch hands?
Catch hands is a verb.
What is the past tense of catch hands?
The past tense of catch hands is caught hands.

Words near catch hands in the dictionary

  1. catch feelings
  2. catch fence
  3. catch fences
  4. catch fire
  5. catch flies
  6. catch hands
  7. catch heat
  8. catch hell
  9. catch hold
  10. catch in 4k
  11. catch in possession

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