make one's hand
make one's hand verb: to gain advantage or profit.
Verb
make one's hand (third-person singular simple present makes one's hand, present participle making one's hand, simple past and past participle made one's hand)
- To gain advantage or profit.
- I have lately written to you, I would not advise you to wade any further in these maters, for it is to be thought that the French king indendeth to make his hand by favoring you in the attaining to the said marriage; which when he shall perceive that by your means he cannot get such things as he...1515, Cardinal Wolsey, Letter from Cardinal Wolsey to the Duke of Suffolk
- For he that listeth to make his hand by pillage, taketh no thought when he hath done all the wickednesse that can be, because there is no redressse nor any order to be také.1584, Jean Calvin, Sermons of Maister Iohn Caluin, Vpon the Booke of Iob, page 627
Forms of make one's hand
| third-person singular present | makes one's hand |
|---|---|
| present participle | making one's hand |
| past participle | made one's hand |
| past | made one's hand |
Questions about make one's hand
- What does make one's hand mean?
- Make one's hand means to gain advantage or profit.
- What part of speech is make one's hand?
- Make one's hand is a verb.
- What is the past tense of make one's hand?
- The past tense of make one's hand is made one's hand.
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