putting 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