hands

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/ hændz /

plural noun

1. power or keeping

   your welfare is in his hands

2. Also calledhandling soccer the infringement of touching the ball with any part of the hand or arm
3. change hands
   to pass from the possession of one person or group to another
4. clean hands
   freedom from guilt
5. hands down
   without effort; easily
6. hands off
   do not touch or interfere
7. hands up!
   raise the hands above the level of the shoulders, an order usually given by an armed robber to a victim, etc
8. have one's hands full
   1. to be completely occupied
   2. to be beset with problems
9. have one's hands tied
   to be wholly unable to act
10. in good hands
    in protective care
11. join hands
    See join
12. lay hands on or lay hands upon
    1. to seize or get possession of
    2. to beat up; assault
    3. to find

       I just can't lay my hands on it anywhere

    4. Christianity to confirm or ordain by the imposition of hands
13. off one's hands
    for which one is no longer responsible
14. on one's hands
    1. for which one is responsible

       I've got too much on my hands to help

    2. to spare

       time on my hands

15. out of one's hands
    no longer one's responsibility
16. throw up one's hands
    to give up in despair
17. wash one's hands of
    to have nothing more to do with

Hands

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/ hænz /

noun

1. HandsTerence David1941MBritishTHEATRE: theatre director Terence David, known as Terry. born 1941, British theatre director: chief executive and artistic director (1986–91) of the Royal Shakespeare Company

Example Sentences

Pamela decided to take matters into her own hands and set up a group in Cookstown, County Tyrone, for children with autism and their families.

From BBC

Critics argue the data can fall into the wrong hands or be abused.

From Los Angeles Times

"I feel I was as good, as cooperative, I took their advice, I put myself in their hands, this is alien to me, it's the first time anything like that has ever happened to me in my life."

From BBC

The margin of victory means England's fate in League B Group 2 is in their own hands.

From BBC

Watkins against showed he can score goals for England, as he did in the Euro 2024 semi-final against the Netherlands, while other established internationals will have had plus marks against their names when Carsley hands his reports over to Tuchel.

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