unhand
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Conjugated Forms
Present
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have unhandedperfect
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has unhandedperfect 3rd person singular
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have been unhandingperfect progressive
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am unhandingprogressive 1st person singular
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is unhandingprogressive 3rd person singular
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are unhandingprogressive
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unhandssingular 3rd person
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has been unhandingperfect progressive 3rd person singular
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unhandingparticiple
Past
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had unhandedperfect
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unhandedsimple
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unhandedparticiple
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had been unhandingperfect progressive
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was unhandingprogressive singular
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were unhandingprogressive plural
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
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“Dog, unhand our royal charger. We are the Empress Jadis.”
From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis
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She is not yours: she is her own: unhand her!
From Post-Prandial Philosophy by Allen, Grant
"But replaced by—by—by—Oh God, Isabel, unhand me!" cried Pierre, starting up.
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman
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 Lewin, M.
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