unhand

American  

[uhn-hand] / ʌnˈhænd /

verb (used with object)

1. to take the hand or hands from; release from a grasp; let go.

   Unhand me, you wretched coward!

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unhand British  

/ ʌnˈhænd /

verb

1. archaic (tr) to release from the grasp

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Etymology

Origin of unhand

First recorded in 1595–1605; un- ² + hand

Example Sentences

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 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.

And she recited the following verses: O Ghezban, unhand me and let me go freer Sure, fortune is heavy      enough upon me.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II by Payne, John

Let me up, you Chips! unhand me, I say!

From Omoo by Melville, Herman