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hands around

hands around is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hand around.

Meaning of hand around

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To distribute something by having one person hand it to another so it spreads through the group.

Questions about hands around

What is hands around the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Hands around is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hand around.

Words near hands around in the dictionary

  1. handrope
  2. handropes
  3. handrub
  4. handrubs
  5. hands
  6. hands around
  7. hands away
  8. hands back
  9. hands down
  10. hands in
  11. hands in cookie jars

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