"lay hands on" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lays hands on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laying hands on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laid hands on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lain hands on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lay<,,laid,lain> hands on"
      },
      "expansion": "lay hands on (third-person singular simple present lays hands on, present participle laying hands on, simple past laid hands on, past participle lain hands on)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "40 37 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2008, Sean Miller, Shveta Verma, Riffing on Strings: Creative Writing Inspired by String Theory, page 111",
          "text": "What luck, right when I'd laid my hands on flight coupons; had my checkbook in the black!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "If we can lay hands on some chicken wire and a black light, we can make some scary Halloween decorations."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To find, obtain or procure."
      ],
      "id": "en-lay_hands_on-en-verb-Ml5Gi285",
      "links": [
        [
          "find",
          "find"
        ],
        [
          "obtain",
          "obtain"
        ],
        [
          "procure",
          "procure"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To find, obtain or procure."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "get one's hands on"
        },
        {
          "word": "get hold of"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to obtain or procure",
          "word": "saada käsiinsä"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "40 37 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To seize or assault."
      ],
      "id": "en-lay_hands_on-en-verb-cT3i~mw~",
      "links": [
        [
          "seize",
          "seize"
        ],
        [
          "assault",
          "assault"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To seize or assault."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "40 37 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lay, hands."
      ],
      "id": "en-lay_hands_on-en-verb-K1zD9xqn",
      "links": [
        [
          "lay",
          "lay#English"
        ],
        [
          "hands",
          "hands#English"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "10 7 82",
          "word": "laying on of hands"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 7 82",
          "word": "lay on hands"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "audio": "En-au-lay hands on.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/84/En-au-lay_hands_on.ogg/En-au-lay_hands_on.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/En-au-lay_hands_on.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lay hands on"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lays hands on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laying hands on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laid hands on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lain hands on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lay<,,laid,lain> hands on"
      },
      "expansion": "lay hands on (third-person singular simple present lays hands on, present participle laying hands on, simple past laid hands on, past participle lain hands on)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "laying on of hands"
    },
    {
      "word": "lay on hands"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2008, Sean Miller, Shveta Verma, Riffing on Strings: Creative Writing Inspired by String Theory, page 111",
          "text": "What luck, right when I'd laid my hands on flight coupons; had my checkbook in the black!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "If we can lay hands on some chicken wire and a black light, we can make some scary Halloween decorations."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To find, obtain or procure."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "find",
          "find"
        ],
        [
          "obtain",
          "obtain"
        ],
        [
          "procure",
          "procure"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To find, obtain or procure."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "get one's hands on"
        },
        {
          "word": "get hold of"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To seize or assault."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "seize",
          "seize"
        ],
        [
          "assault",
          "assault"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To seize or assault."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lay, hands."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lay",
          "lay#English"
        ],
        [
          "hands",
          "hands#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/En-au-lay_hands_on.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to obtain or procure",
      "word": "saada käsiinsä"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lay hands on"
}