"put one's hands up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: puts one's hands up [present, singular, third-person], putting one's hands up [participle, present], put one's hands up [participle, past], put one's hands up [past], put one's hand up [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,put>|head=~hand􂀿s:􂁀}} put one's hands up (third-person singular simple present puts one's hands up, present participle putting one's hands up, simple past and past participle put one's hands up)
  1. To raise one's hands.
    Sense id: en-put_one's_hands_up-en-verb-ZY0J0Ijr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 41 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 38 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 39 28
  2. To surrender.
    Sense id: en-put_one's_hands_up-en-verb-AgsmFeJk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 41 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 38 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 39 28
  3. (colloquial, with 'to') To confess or admit (to something). Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-put_one's_hands_up-en-verb-CwC~8i0Y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 41 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 38 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 39 28

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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