put one's hands up

English

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Verb

put one's hands up (third-person singular simple present puts one's hands up, present participle putting one's hands up, simple past and past participle put one's hands up)

  1. To raise one's hands.
  2. To surrender.
  3. (colloquial, with 'to') To confess or admit (to something).
    OK, I'll put my hands up to stealing the car, but not to robbing the off-licence.

References

  • Tony Thorne (2014), “put one's hands up”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London;  […]: Bloomsbury

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