"put one's hands together" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: puts one's hands together [present, singular, third-person], putting one's hands together [participle, present], put one's hands together [participle, past], put one's hands together [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> one's hands together}} put one's hands together (third-person singular simple present puts one's hands together, present participle putting one's hands together, simple past and past participle put one's hands together)
  1. (chiefly imperative) To clap; to applaud. Tags: imperative Translations (to clap, to applaud): bić brawo [imperfective] (Polish), bater palma (Portuguese), bater palmas (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

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