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lay hands on

lay hands on verb: to find, obtain, or procure.

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.
    • After a long trial at which the Crown brought forward every right-wing bigot and crackpot psychiatrist they could lay hands on, The Body Politic was acquitted.1981 February 14, Alexander Wilson, “The New Right Attacks Childhood Sexuality: A Canadian Perspective”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 29, page 6
  2. (idiomatic) To seize or assault.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lay, hands.

lay hands on meaning in Malayalam and Kannada

lay hands on in Malayalam

catch, lay hold of, get hold of
കെെവയ്ക്കുക, കെെയിൽ കിട്ടുക, പിടിക്കുക, പിടികിട്ടുക, പിടിയിലാക്കുക, കെെയ്ക്കലാക്കുക
acquire, obtain, get
കിട്ടുക, ലഭിക്കുക, കെെയിൽ വരുക, കെെയിൽകിട്ടുക, കണ്ടുപിടിക്കുക, നോക്കി എടുക്കുക
bless, consecrate, confirm
തലയിൽ കെെവച്ച് അനുഗ്രഹിക്കുക, അനുഗ്രഹിക്കുക, ആശീർവദിക്കുക, ആശംസിക്കുക, ശംസിക്കുക, വാഴിക്കുക

lay hands on in Kannada

ಹಿಡಿದುಕೊಳ್ಳು, ವಶಪಡಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳು, ಅಧೀನಕ್ಕೆ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳು, ಹುಡುಕಿ ತೆಗೆ

Synonyms of lay hands on

Forms of lay hands on

third-person singular presentlays hands on
present participlelaying hands on
past participlelaid hands on
pastlaid hands on
alternative formlay one's hands on

Questions about lay hands on

What does lay hands on mean?
Lay hands on means to find, obtain, or procure.
What is lay hands on in Malayalam?
Lay hands on in Malayalam is കെെവയ്ക്കുക, കെെയിൽ കിട്ടുക, പിടിക്കുക. See Lay hands on meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is lay hands on?
Lay hands on is a verb.
What is the past tense of lay hands on?
The past tense of lay hands on is laid hands on.

Words near lay hands on in the dictionary

  1. lay eggs
  2. lay eyes on
  3. lay figure
  4. lay figures
  5. lay for
  6. lay hands on
  7. lay hold of
  8. lay hold on
  9. lay hold upon
  10. lay ill in one's mouth
  11. lay in

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: lay hands on (page history and authors); lay hands on (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); lay hands on (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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