unhand
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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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
I bade them, angrily enough, unhand me and let me go by, as I was an honest citizen, and pressed on an errand to Cheapside.
From Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess by Reed, Talbot Baines
"Sir, unhand me and let me go!" cried Bernardine.
From Jolly Sally Pendleton Or, the Wife Who Was Not a Wife by Libbey, Laura Jean
"Go away," said the girl, "unhand me, villain," said she.
From Irish Fairy Tales by Stephens, James
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
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 Lee, Gerald Stanley
Gower unhands her, and, lifting one side of his would-be blind, regards her fixedly.
From The Hoyden by Duchess
Conversely, humanities lag at Rochester, and Board Chairman Wilson has personally unhanded $1,000,000 for improvement.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
She never wants to be "unhanded" or "let to pass."
From Stage-Land by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
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 Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
"Had enough, Jacob?" he asked just as gently as he had unhanded himself from me.
From The Heart's Kingdom by Daviess, Maria Thompson
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