"mettere le mani sul fuoco" meaning in Italian

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Verb

Forms: méttere le mani sul fuoco [canonical], métto le mani sul fuoco [first-person, present, singular], mìsi le mani sul fuoco [first-person, historic, past, singular], mésso le mani sul fuoco [participle, past], avére [auxiliary]
Etymology: Literally, “to put the hands on the fire”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|to put the hands on the fire}} “to put the hands on the fire”, {{lit|to put the hands on the fire}} Literally, “to put the hands on the fire” Head templates: {{it-verb|a\@}} méttere le mani sul fuoco (first-person singular present métto le mani sul fuoco, first-person singular past historic mìsi le mani sul fuoco, past participle mésso le mani sul fuoco, auxiliary avére)
  1. to be sure of
    Sense id: en-mettere_le_mani_sul_fuoco-it-verb-03hkGw91 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10
  2. to assert
    Sense id: en-mettere_le_mani_sul_fuoco-it-verb-J22p6Rh3
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        "1": "to put the hands on the fire"
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      "form": "mésso le mani sul fuoco",
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