catch hands

verb

To take a punch; to get hit, especially with the hand or fist.

“Do you really want to catch these hands? Then keep running your mouth.”

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Meanings

verbcatch hands (third-person singular simple present catches hands, present participle catching hands, simple past and past participle caught hands)

present singular third person catches hands · participle present catching hands · participle past caught hands · past caught hands

  1. USidiomaticslangAfrican-American VernacularTo take a punch; to get hit, especially with the hand or fist.

    Do you really want to catch these hands? Then keep running your mouth.

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