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puts one's hands on

puts one's hands on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put one's hands on.

Meaning of put one's hands on

Verb

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

  1. To assault.
    • I can't believe I put my hands on him like that. I feel awful for hitting him.2008, E.N. Joy, Me, Myself and Him
  2. To interfere with.
    • You not supposed to put your hands on my stuff either You racist bitch!2006, Rha Goddess, Low, page 92
  3. To obtain or find.
    • If he doesn't already own some helicopters, he's bound to be able to put his hands on some.”2006, William W. Johnstone, Invasion Usa: Border War
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, hands.
    • He put his hands on both sides of the wall.2008, Zack Highstreet, A Plague on Both Houses, page 215

Questions about puts one's hands on

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Puts one's hands on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put one's hands on.

Words near puts one's hands on in the dictionary

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

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