lay one's hands on
lay one's hands on verb: to lay hands on.
Verb
lay one's hands on (third-person singular simple present lays one's hands on, present participle laying one's hands on, simple past and past participle laid one's hands on)
- To lay hands on.
- There are the engines that develop ill-health and begin to lose time, or the wagons that develop hot boxes and have to be removed, initiating delays that steadily pile up—or at worst, the weather lays its hand on the whole District.1962 August, G. Freeman Allen, “Traffic control on the Great Northern Line”, in Modern Railways, page 131/132
- Perhaps the best news to come out of the nominations was the brightened box-office prospects for such films as Benh Zeitlin's Beasts of the Southern Wild, a dazzling piece of magic realism pieced together from just $1.8m, some rusty bathtubs and whatever Louisiana bric-a-brac its youthful...2013 January 11, Tom Shone, The Guardian
Forms of lay one's hands on
| third-person singular present | lays one's hands on |
|---|---|
| present participle | laying one's hands on |
| past participle | laid one's hands on |
| past | laid one's hands on |
Questions about lay one's hands on
- What does lay one's hands on mean?
- Lay one's hands on means to lay hands on.
- What part of speech is lay one's hands on?
- Lay one's hands on is a verb.
- What is the past tense of lay one's hands on?
- The past tense of lay one's hands on is laid one's hands on.
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