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
He seemed to think it would be no trick to unhand my weapon.
From D'Ri and I by Bacheller, Irving
"But replaced by—by—by—Oh God, Isabel, unhand me!" cried Pierre, starting up.
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman
Oh, you're a special Officer? unhand my Horse, Sirrah, or you shall pay for all the Damage you do me.
From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Summers, Montague
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 Lee, Gerald Stanley
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
Said I not that the gods, as well as mankind, had unhanded themselves from this Pierre?
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman
There was a brisk wind blowing, and the beggar turned about to face it, directly they had unhanded him.
From Robin Hood by McSpadden, J. Walker (Joseph Walker)
They must have understood my motive—or perhaps they felt that I was not worth the trouble of taking alive—for immediately I stopped struggling they unhanded me and rose to their feet.
From The Fire People by Cummings, Ray
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