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lain hands on

lain hands on is the past participle of lay hands on.

Meaning of lay hands on

Verb

lay hands on (third-person singular simple present lays hands on, present participle laying hands on, simple past and past participle laid hands on)

  1. (idiomatic) To find, obtain, or procure.
    • If we can lay hands on some chicken wire and a black light, we can make some scary Halloween decorations.
  2. (idiomatic) To seize or assault.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lay, hands.

Questions about lain hands on

What is lain hands on the past participle of?
Lain hands on is the past participle of lay hands on.

Words near lain hands on in the dictionary

  1. lain behind
  2. lain by
  3. lain doggo
  4. lain down
  5. lain down on the job
  6. lain hands on
  7. lain ill in one's mouth
  8. lain in
  9. lain in ambush
  10. lain in honor
  11. lain in one's throat

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lain hands on (page history and authors); lay hands on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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