throw hands

verb

To come to blows, fistfight.

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Meanings

verbthrow hands (third-person singular simple present throws hands, present participle throwing hands, simple past threw hands, past participle thrown hands)

present singular third person throws hands · participle present throwing hands · past threw hands · participle past thrown hands

  1. informalintransitiveTo come to blows, fistfight.

    I wish I could simply throw hands with him or any of his goons, because I'd bury them, but this is all about who plays this out smarter.

    2012, Michael Marra, When Angels Cry
  2. informalintransitiveTo box.
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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