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hand up

hand up verb: to deliver an indictment (e.g. to a judge).

Verb

hand up (third-person singular simple present hands up, present participle handing up, simple past and past participle handed up)

  1. (transitive) To deliver an indictment (e.g. to a judge).

Forms of hand up

third-person singular presenthands up
present participlehanding up
past participlehanded up
pasthanded up

Questions about hand up

What does hand up mean?
Hand up means to deliver an indictment (e.g. to a judge).
What part of speech is hand up?
Hand up is a verb.
What is the past tense of hand up?
The past tense of hand up is handed up.

Words near hand up in the dictionary

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