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hands in one's checks

hands in one's checks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hand in one's checks.

Meaning of hand in one's checks

Verb

hand in one's checks (third-person singular simple present hands in one's checks, present participle handing in one's checks, simple past and past participle handed in one's checks)

  1. (US, colloquial) To die.
    • When my ole woman was sick last winter and mighty near handing in her checks, I had no money to pay anybody to take care of her.1905, Will Wilfrid Whalen, Bridget, Or, What's in a Name?, Mayhew Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 2
  2. (US, colloquial) To give up; to concede defeat.
    • 'I give up,' he cried; 'I hand in my checks. I never thought I should come to such things; but what happens when the things come to you? […]'1926, G. K. Chesterton, The Incredulity of Father Brown
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hand in, one's, checks.
    • As between the plaintiffs and the Harrisons the transaction was precisely the same as if the plaintiffs, standing at the counter of Harrisons' Bank, handed in their checks, took the money over the counter, and then handed it right back again to pay for the drafts.1887, “Charles Mayer et al. vs. Philip Heidelbach et al., Appellants' Brief”, in New York Superior Court General Term, volume 10, page 5

Questions about hands in one's checks

What is hands in one's checks the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Hands in one's checks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hand in one's checks.

Words near hands in one's checks in the dictionary

  1. hands away
  2. hands back
  3. hands down
  4. hands in
  5. hands in cookie jars
  6. hands in one's checks
  7. hands in one's dinner pail
  8. hands it out
  9. hands it to
  10. hands it to someone
  11. hands of fate

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