raise a hand

A form of raise one's hand — Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see raise, hand.

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Meanings

verbraise a hand (third-person singular simple present raises a hand, present participle raising a hand, simple past and past participle raised a hand)

present singular third person raises a hand · participle present raising a hand · participle past raised a hand · past raised a hand

  1. alternativeAlternative form of raise one's hand.

    "I have had you covered all the time, Mr Carrados, and if I had wished to go and you or your friend had raised a hand to stop me, it would have been at the peril of your lives," he said, in a voice of melancholy triumph.

    1914, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados
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APA

raise a hand. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raise%20a%20hand

MLA

“raise a hand.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raise%20a%20hand. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “raise a hand,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raise%20a%20hand.

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