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put one's hands together

put one's hands together verb: to clap; to applaud.

Verb

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

  1. (imperative) To clap; to applaud.
    • Ladies and gentleman, put your hands together for Sir Elton John!

Forms of put one's hands together

third-person singular presentputs one's hands together
present participleputting one's hands together
past participleput one's hands together
pastput one's hands together

Questions about put one's hands together

What does put one's hands together mean?
Put one's hands together means to clap; to applaud.
What part of speech is put one's hands together?
Put one's hands together is a verb.
What is the past tense of put one's hands together?
The past tense of put one's hands together is put one's hands together.

Words near put one's hands together in the dictionary

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

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