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put one's fist to

put one's fist to verb: to sign one's name to.

Verb

put one's fist to (third-person singular simple present puts one's fist to, present participle putting one's fist to, simple past and past participle put one's fist to)

  1. (slang) To sign one's name to.
    • […] Just remind him of the paper I signed at his request, and I fancy there'll be no trouble."
      "I'll try, but I know he'll never put his fist to such a thing. Why , it would raise the very devil if it ever leaked out! […]1912, Adele Ferguson Knight, The Right to Reign: A Romance of the Kingdom of Drecq, page 165

Forms of put one's fist to

third-person singular presentputs one's fist to
present participleputting one's fist to
past participleput one's fist to
pastput one's fist to

Questions about put one's fist to

What does put one's fist to mean?
Put one's fist to means to sign one's name to.
What part of speech is put one's fist to?
Put one's fist to is a verb.
What is the past tense of put one's fist to?
The past tense of put one's fist to is put one's fist to.

Words near put one's fist to in the dictionary

  1. put one's feet up
  2. put one's finger in a hole
  3. put one's finger in the dyke
  4. put one's finger in the fire
  5. put one's finger on
  6. put one's fist to
  7. put one's foot down
  8. put one's foot down on
  9. put one's foot down upon
  10. put one's foot in it
  11. put one's foot in one's mouth

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