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stand one's hand

stand one's hand verb: to pay for another person's drink as part of drinking socially.

Verb

stand one's hand (third-person singular simple present stands one's hand, present participle standing one's hand, simple past and past participle stood one's hand)

  1. (archaic, slang) To pay for another person's drink as part of drinking socially.

Forms of stand one's hand

third-person singular presentstands one's hand
present participlestanding one's hand
past participlestood one's hand
paststood one's hand

Questions about stand one's hand

What does stand one's hand mean?
Stand one's hand means to pay for another person's drink as part of drinking socially.
What part of speech is stand one's hand?
Stand one's hand is a verb.
What is the past tense of stand one's hand?
The past tense of stand one's hand is stood one's hand.

Words near stand one's hand in the dictionary

  1. stand on someone's shoulders
  2. stand on the shoulders of
  3. stand on the shoulders of giants
  4. stand on velvet
  5. stand one's ground
  6. stand one's hand
  7. stand out
  8. stand out a mile
  9. stand out like a sore thumb
  10. stand out like dog's balls
  11. stand over

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