lay hands on

verb

manage with the hands

• Hypernyms: ↑manipulate

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s something

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1 wait till I lay my hands on you!: CATCH, lay/get hold of, get one's hands on, seize, grab, grasp, capture.

2 it's not easy to lay your hands on decent champagne: OBTAIN, acquire, get, come by, find, locate, discover, unearth, uncover, pick up, procure, get one's hands on, get possession of, buy, purchase.

3 the pastor laid hands on the children: BLESS, consecrate; confirm; ordain.

→ lay

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phrasal

1. : to get hold of : seize, obtain

2. : to commit violence upon : handle roughly; also : to kill (oneself)

feared that in his despair he might lay hands on himself

3. : to ordain or bless by imposition of hands

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lay hands on

1. To seize

2. To obtain or find

3. To subject physically to rough treatment

4. To bless, or to ordain by touching with the hand(s)

5. To place one's hands on, over or near an ill person in an act of spiritual healing (also lay on hands)

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Main Entry: ↑hand

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lay hands on see under ↑hand

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Main Entry: ↑lay

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1) find and take possession of

they huddled, trying to keep warm under anything they could lay hands on

2) place one's hands on or over, esp. in confirmation, ordination, or spiritual healing