unhand
Americanverb (used with object)
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unhands,
present (3rd person singular)
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unhanded,
past participle, past
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unhanding
present participle
verb
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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unhandsimple
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unhandssimple
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have unhandedperfect
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has unhandedperfect
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am unhandingprogressive
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are unhandingprogressive
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is unhandingprogressive
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have been unhandingperfect progressive
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has been unhandingperfect progressive
Past
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unhandedsimple
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had unhandedperfect
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was unhandingprogressive
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were unhandingprogressive
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had been unhandingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of unhand
Example Sentences
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They stage a melodrama in the lobby in which the business of "unhand that woman" and "the viper beats my mother" is used with proper gusto.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Dog, unhand our royal charger. We are the Empress Jadis.”
From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis
Begone; unhand me, hellish fry: "Avaunt—ye cannot say 'twas I."
From The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 1 by William Ernst Browning
"Were ye told to unhand him, dolts?" he shouted.
From A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
I pray you, unhand me, and I will go mine own self to the constable, and entreat him to take me, as his office and duty are.”
From All's Well Alice's Victory by M. Lewin
Theo immediately unhands me, putting his palms in the air to show he has no intention of touching me again and looking worried and baffled at once.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Gower unhands her, and, lifting one side of his would-be blind, regards her fixedly.
From The Hoyden by Duchess
When the habit of books becomes the habit of a man he unhands himself at will from space and time; he finds the universe is his universe.
From The Lost Art of Reading by Gerald Stanley Lee
The program's sponsor, Charles Revson, president of Revlon Products Corp., had more than the occasion to be choked up about as he unhanded the Big Check.
From Time Magazine Archive
Conversely, humanities lag at Rochester, and Board Chairman Wilson has personally unhanded $1,000,000 for improvement.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thereafter the manager appeared to realize the futility of resistance, and was unhanded on his undertaking to sit quiet, which he did with the exception of one speech to those behind.
From Stingaree by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
"Had enough, Jacob?" he asked just as gently as he had unhanded himself from me.
From The Heart's Kingdom by Maria Thompson Daviess
There was a brisk wind blowing, and the beggar turned about to face it, directly they had unhanded him.
From Robin Hood by J. Walker (Joseph Walker) McSpadden
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