put one's hands up
English
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editput one's hands up (third-person singular simple present puts one's hand up, present participle putting one's hand up, simple past and past participle put one's hand up)
- To raise one's hands.
- To surrender.
- (colloquial, with 'to') To confess or admit (to something).
- OK, I'll put my hands up to stealing the car, but not to robbing the off-licence.
References
edit- Tony Thorne (2014) “put one's hands up”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London, […]: Bloomsbury