raise a hand against

Idioms  

1. Also, lift one's hand against. Threaten to hit or actually hit, as in She's never raised a hand against the children. [First half of 1500s]

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raise a hand against

Cried Reagan: "It is time to start a crash military buildup, to make us so strong that no one will ever again raise a hand against the U.S."

From Time Magazine Archive

He knew that the dust would set the Romans rubbing their eyes, or even if they did not raise a hand against the inconvenience, they would, at all events, be compelled to wink at it.

From The Comic History of Rome by Gilbert Abbott ? Becket

Was it not foolhardy to raise a hand against such a mammoth system of iniquity?

From The Nine-Tenths by James Oppenheim

And turning to Jeremiah, he continued: "Walk before me, I will lead them back; let us see who will venture to raise a hand against them."

From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 by Paul Radin

Will you dare to raise a hand against a Caylus?

From The House of the Wolf; a romance by Stanley John Weyman