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throw up one's hands



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Idioms and Phrases

Indicate or express utter hopelessness. For example, Jim was getting nowhere so he threw up his hands and abandoned the argument . This idiom alludes to a traditional gesture for giving up.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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