to raise one hand
1raise (your) hand against (someone) — to fight someone. He was horrified when the situation became so bad that one neighbor could raise a hand against another …
2raise one's hand to — (often with a negative) to strike, behave violently towards • • • Main Entry: ↑hand …
3raise one's sights — {v. phr.} To aim high; be ambitious. * /Teenage boys sometimes think too much of themselves and have a tendency to raise their sights too high./ …
4raise one's sights — {v. phr.} To aim high; be ambitious. * /Teenage boys sometimes think too much of themselves and have a tendency to raise their sights too high./ …
5raise a hand — do something, do one s share, help Nobody likes him because he will never raise a hand to help his friends …
6raise one's hand — strike or seem to be about to strike someone she raised her hand to me …
7raise one's hand — verb a) To volunteer. b) To dare to question …
8hand — [hand] n. [ME < OE, akin to Goth handus < base of hinthan, to seize (hence, basic sense “grasper”) < ? IE base * kent , ? to seize] I 1. the part of the human body attached to the end of the forearm, including the wrist, palm, fingers,… …
9hand — I n. part of the arm below the wrist 1) to shake smb. s hand; to shake hands with smb. 2) to clasp, grab, grasp; take smb. s hand 3) to hold; join hands 4) to lay one s hands on 5) to cup one s hands 6) to clap one s hands 7) to wring one s hands …
10hand — hand1 W1S1 [hænd] n ↑finger, ↑fingernail, ↑thumb ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(part of body)¦ 2¦(help)¦ 3¦(control)¦ 4 get out of hand 5 on the other hand 6 hands off 7 in hand …
