"make one's hand" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-make one's hand.ogg Forms: makes one's hand [present, singular, third-person], making one's hand [participle, present], made one's hand [participle, past], made one's hand [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> one's hand}} make one's hand (third-person singular simple present makes one's hand, present participle making one's hand, simple past and past participle made one's hand)
  1. (idiomatic, archaic) To gain advantage or profit. Tags: archaic, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-make_one's_hand-en-verb-nh2TjKNx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1584, Jean Calvin, Sermons of Maister Iohn Caluin, Vpon the Booke of Iob, page 627:",
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          "ref": "1599, Sir John Hayward, Life and Raigne of King Edward the Sixth:",
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