"put one's hands up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: puts one's hand up [present, singular, third-person], putting one's hand up [participle, present], put one's hand up [participle, past], put one's hand up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> one's hand up}} put one's hands up (third-person singular simple present puts one's hand up, present participle putting one's hand up, simple past and past participle put one's hand up)
  1. To raise one's hands. Synonyms: put one's hand up
    Sense id: en-put_one's_hands_up-en-verb-ZY0J0Ijr
  2. To surrender.
    Sense id: en-put_one's_hands_up-en-verb-AgsmFeJk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 44 32
  3. (colloquial, with 'to') To confess or admit (to something). Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-put_one's_hands_up-en-verb-CwC~8i0Y

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for put one's hands up meaning in English (1.6kB)

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