rub one's hands

A form of rub one's hands together — To anticipate something eagerly.

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Meanings

verbrub one's hands (third-person singular simple present rubs one's hands, present participle rubbing one's hands, simple past and past participle rubbed one's hands)

present singular third person rubs one's hands · participle present rubbing one's hands · participle past rubbed one's hands · past rubbed one's hands

  1. alternativeAlternative form of rub one's hands together.

    Motorway-minded Marples might have been rubbing his hands, and the sorry deficit figures placed on his desk gave him all the ammunition he needed to press the case for reform.

    2023 March 8, Howard Johnson, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 51
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APA

rub one's hands. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rub%20one's%20hands

MLA

“rub one's hands.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rub%20one's%20hands. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rub one's hands,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rub%20one's%20hands.

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