put one's fist to

verb

To sign one's name to.

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Meanings

verbput one's fist to (third-person singular simple present puts one's fist to, present participle putting one's fist to, simple past and past participle put one's fist to)

present singular third person puts one's fist to · participle present putting one's fist to

  1. slangTo sign one's name to.

    […] Just remind him of the paper I signed at his request, and I fancy there'll be no trouble." "I'll try, but I know he'll never put his fist to such a thing. Why , it would raise the very devil if it ever leaked out! […]

    1912, Adele Ferguson Knight, The Right to Reign: A Romance of the Kingdom of Drecq, page 165
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