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put one's hand up

put one's hand up verb: to raise one's hand (various senses).

Verb

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

  1. To raise one's hand (various senses).
  2. (colloquial) To confess or admit (to something).
    • OK, I'll put my hand up to stealing the car, but not to robbing the off-licence.

Forms of put one's hand up

third-person singular presentputs one's hand up
present participleputting one's hand up
past participleput one's hand up
pastput one's hand up
alternative formput up one's hand

Questions about put one's hand up

What does put one's hand up mean?
Put one's hand up means to raise one's hand (various senses).
What part of speech is put one's hand up?
Put one's hand up is a verb.
What is the past tense of put one's hand up?
The past tense of put one's hand up is put one's hand up.

Words near put one's hand up in the dictionary

  1. put one's foot in the door
  2. put one's foot up someone's ass
  3. put one's hand in one's pocket
  4. put one's hand to
  5. put one's hand to the plough
  6. put one's hand up
  7. put one's hands on
  8. put one's hands together
  9. put one's hands up
  10. put one's head above the parapet
  11. put one's head in the sand

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