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put up one's hand

put up one's hand is the alternative form of put one's hand up.

Meaning of put one's hand up

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 up one's hand

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

Questions about put up one's hand

What is put up one's hand the alternative form of?
Put up one's hand is the alternative form of put one's hand up.

Words near put up one's hand in the dictionary

  1. put up a brick
  2. put up a fight
  3. put up a show
  4. put up on
  5. put up one's dukes
  6. put up one's hand
  7. put up one's hands
  8. put up or shut up
  9. put up the shutters
  10. put up to
  11. put up with

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