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1 get one's hands on
1) (to catch: If I ever get my hands on him, I'll make him sorry for what he did!)2) (to get or obtain: I'd love to get my hands on a car like that.) -
2 lay (one's) hands on
1) (to find or be able to obtain: I wish I could lay (my) hands on that book!)2) (to catch: The police had been trying to lay hands on the criminal for months.) -
3 lay (one's) hands on
1) (to find or be able to obtain: I wish I could lay (my) hands on that book!)2) (to catch: The police had been trying to lay hands on the criminal for months.) -
4 off one's hands
(no longer needing to be looked after etc: You'll be glad to get the children off your hands for a couple of weeks.) -
5 take one's life in one's hands
(to take the risk of being killed.) -
6 blood on one's hands
händer besudlade med blod -
7 fold one's hands
knäppa ens händer; lägga armarna i kors -
8 have one's hands full
ha sina händer fulla -
9 have time on one's hands
vara ledig -
10 keep one's hands clean
hålla händerna rena -
11 sit on one's hands
rulla tummarna -
12 soil one's hands with
smutsa ner ens händer med -
13 washing one's hands
två sina händer -
14 join hands
(to clasp one another's hands (eg for dancing): Join hands with your partner; They joined hands in a ring.) ta varann i hand -
15 at one's elbow
alldeles vid sidan, strax bredvid sig, tätt intill; till hands* * *(close to one: The journalist always works with a dictionary at his elbow.) -
16 play into someone's hands
spela någon i händerna, ge en annan en fördel* * *(to do exactly what an opponent or enemy wants one to do.) -
17 shake hands with (someone) / shake someone's hand
(to grasp a person's (usually right) hand, in one's own (usually right) hand, as a form of greeting, as a sign of agreement etc.) skaka hand med ngnEnglish-Swedish dictionary > shake hands with (someone) / shake someone's hand
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18 shake hands with (someone) / shake someone's hand
(to grasp a person's (usually right) hand, in one's own (usually right) hand, as a form of greeting, as a sign of agreement etc.) skaka hand med ngnEnglish-Swedish dictionary > shake hands with (someone) / shake someone's hand
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19 taking the law into one's own hands
ta lagen i egna händerEnglish-Swedish dictionary > taking the law into one's own hands
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20 hand
adj. hand---------n. hand; visare; tvärhand (4 inches); kort på hand; arbetare; sjöman--------v. räcka, lämna; hjälpa* * *[hænd] 1. noun1) (the part of the body at the end of the arm.) hand2) (a pointer on a clock, watch etc: Clocks usually have an hour hand and a minute hand.) visare3) (a person employed as a helper, crew member etc: a farm hand; All hands on deck!) arbetare, []man4) (help; assistance: Can I lend a hand?; Give me a hand with this box, please.) hjälpande hand, handtag5) (a set of playing-cards dealt to a person: I had a very good hand so I thought I had a chance of winning.) [] hand6) (a measure (approximately centimetres) used for measuring the height of horses: a horse of 14 hands.) tvärhand7) (handwriting: written in a neat hand.) handstil2. verb(often with back, down, up etc)1) (to give (something) to someone by hand: I handed him the book; He handed it back to me; I'll go up the ladder, and you can hand the tools up to me.) ge, räcka2) (to pass, transfer etc into another's care etc: That is the end of my report from Paris. I'll now hand you back to Fred Smith in the television studio in London.) lämna över•- handful- handbag
- handbill
- handbook
- handbrake
- handcuff
- handcuffs
- hand-lens
- handmade
- hand-operated
- hand-out
- hand-picked
- handshake
- handstand
- handwriting
- handwritten
- at hand
- at the hands of
- be hand in glove with someone
- be hand in glove
- by hand
- fall into the hands of someone
- fall into the hands
- force someone's hand
- get one's hands on
- give/lend a helping hand
- hand down
- hand in
- hand in hand
- hand on
- hand out
- hand-out
- handout
- hand over
- hand over fist
- hands down
- hands off!
- hands-on
- hands up!
- hand to hand
- have a hand in something
- have a hand in
- have/get/gain the upper hand
- hold hands with someone
- hold hands
- in good hands
- in hand
- in the hands of
- keep one's hand in
- off one's hands
- on hand
- on the one hand... on the other hand
-... on the other hand
- out of hand
- shake hands with someone / shake someone's hand
- shake hands with / shake someone's hand
- a show of hands
- take in hand
- to hand
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