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The Apprentice is a riveting if familiar account of Donald Trump's years spent at Roy Cohn's knee
Stan, in response, simply threw his hands up in the air and laughed.
—EW.com, 26 Sep. 2024
Passers-by trigger the surface to light an eerie blue while a silhouette materializes, dragging its hands up and down.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 13 Sep. 2024
Entrepreneurs don’t tend to wait around for a hand up, but that’s not to say there aren’t things the Government can do to make their lives easier – from ensuring taxes remain competitive, to strengthening infrastructure, to keeping Britain open to the world.
—Philip Salter, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
Side bends Put your right hand up in the air and lean to the left, then switch sides with your left hand up in the air and leaning to the right.
—Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 3 Sep. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1970, in the meaning defined above
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“Hand up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hand%20up. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024.
Legal Definition
hand up
transitive verb
: to deliver (an indictment) to a judge or higher judicial authority
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