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see tie one's hands.

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“We all shook hands and my client told me to leave,” he said.
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My body used for his hard pleasure; a stone god gripping me in his hands.
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An ace comedic turn that, in lesser hands, would come off as one-note.
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Inevitably, the old visceral “hands-on” flying skills, no longer much employed by pilots, have atrophied like an unused limb.
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Hands-down the best music video in years—and one of the best ever.
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With a suffocating gasp, she fell back into the chair on which she sat, and covered her face with her hands.
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She sat straight up in bed, and jerked her hands to her head, and screamed long and terribly.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
He reached forward and took her hands, and if Mrs. Vivian had come in she would have seen him kneeling at her daughter's feet.
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He burst into a loud laugh, clapped his hands, and danced before the delighted babe.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
Turn away from sin and order thy hands aright, and cleanse thy heart from all offence.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various