"mettere le mani" meaning in Italian

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Verb

Forms: méttere le mani [canonical], métto le mani [first-person, present, singular], mìsi le mani [first-person, historic, past, singular], mésso le mani [participle, past], avére [auxiliary]
Etymology: Literally, “to put the hands”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|to put the hands}} “to put the hands”, {{lit|to put the hands}} Literally, “to put the hands” Head templates: {{it-verb|a\@}} méttere le mani (first-person singular present métto le mani, first-person singular past historic mìsi le mani, past participle mésso le mani, auxiliary avére)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mettere, mano.
    Sense id: en-mettere_le_mani-it-verb-R6-Dfvw5
  2. to get one's hands [with su ‘on’] Synonyms: impadronirsi, prendere, afferrare Related terms: mettere le mani addosso, mettere le mani sul fuoco, mettere le mani avanti
    Sense id: en-mettere_le_mani-it-verb-lHNsj12S 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: 21 75 3 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 21 75 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 83 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 77 4
  3. to meddle [with in ‘in/with’] Synonyms: intervenire, manomettere
    Sense id: en-mettere_le_mani-it-verb-X9ACiK0P
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