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have blood on one's hands

have blood on one's hands verb: to be responsible for a violent act.

Verb

have blood on one's hands (third-person singular simple present has blood on one's hands, present participle having blood on one's hands, simple past and past participle had blood on one's hands)

  1. (idiomatic, often, sarcastic) To be responsible for a violent act.

Forms of have blood on one's hands

third-person singular presenthas blood on one's hands
present participlehaving blood on one's hands
past participlehad blood on one's hands
pasthad blood on one's hands

Questions about have blood on one's hands

What does have blood on one's hands mean?
Have blood on one's hands means to be responsible for a violent act.
What part of speech is have blood on one's hands?
Have blood on one's hands is a verb.
What is the past tense of have blood on one's hands?
The past tense of have blood on one's hands is had blood on one's hands.

Words near have blood on one's hands in the dictionary

  1. have bats in one's belfry
  2. have been around
  3. have been around the block
  4. have been in the wars
  5. have been to an Irish wedding
  6. have blood on one's hands
  7. have butterflies in one's stomach
  8. have designs on
  9. have done
  10. have done with
  11. have down

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