| 单词 | to get one's hands on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get one's hands on (also †to, upon) (a) to get one's hands on (also †to, upon). extracted from handn. (i) To acquire or obtain; to get hold of, to seize, appropriate (something). Cf. sense to put (one's) hand(s) on (also †in, †to, †unto, †upon) at Phrases 2m(b)(i), and lay v.1 21c(b). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > hold [verb (transitive)] > lay hold of or grasp i-fangc888 gripc950 repeOE befongOE keepc1000 latchc1000 hentOE begripec1175 becatchc1200 fang?c1200 i-gripea1225 warpa1225 fastenc1225 arepa1250 to set (one's) hand(s onc1290 kip1297 cleach?a1300 hendc1300 fasta1325 reachc1330 seizec1374 beclipc1380 takea1387 span1398 to seize on or upon1399 getc1440 handc1460 to catch hold1520 to take hold1530 to lay hold (up)on, of1535 grasple1553 to have by the backa1555 handfast1562 apprehend1572 grapple1582 to clap hold of1583 comprehend1584 graspa1586 attach1590 gripple1591 engrasp1593 clum1594 to seize of1600 begriple1607 fast hold1611 impalm1611 fista1616 to set (one's) hand to1638 to get one's hands on1649 1649 Mercurius Elencticus 30 Apr.–7 May [To] suborn 3 or 4 Officers in the names of divers well-affected Counties (having got their hands to them, without their consents or knowledges, by art of Hocas Pocas). 1793 Lady's Mag. Jan. 106 It appears to be the view of the British Court, to get their hands on the country that we and the Savages are now contending for. 1845 N.Y. Herald 3 June 6 Thieves were detected..purloining everything they could get their hands on. 1882 Chambers's Jrnl. 4 Feb. 88/1 I got my hands on some papers. 1945 Billboard 7 July 72/1 Vending machine operators who were anxious to get their hands on some of the surplus [candy bars]. 2010 Brides Sept. 174/1 Serious dipsomaniacs could get their hands on a drink, but guests who were just thirsty could have juice first. (ii) To seize (someone) for the purpose of punishing him or her; to catch (a person) with whom one is angry or annoyed. Now usually as a rhetorical threat, rather than implying actual physical violence, esp. in if I ever (also wait till I) get my hands on (someone). Cf. lay v.1 21c(c). ΚΠ 1671 W. Mitchell Sober Answere Angry Pamphlet 8 The Lord wanted not his witnesses..whom the Papists (when they could get their hands on them) cruelly butchered and murthered. 1827 Standard (London) 30 May 2/2 If I get my hands upon her, if the devil does not turn her inside out, I will. 1875 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 16 Apr. Dodger..was an old man then, and he is twenty years older now, but still young enough to punish that correspondent should he ever get his hands on him. 1930 C. Williams War on Heaven x. 127 But till I know who or what the man was, I can't get my hands on the murderer. 1989 Weekly World News 8 Aug. 35/1 If I ever get my hands on that man I'll kill him. 2006 J. Vreeland When all else Fails 236 Just wait until I get my hands on the SOB who broke the window in my camper. < as lemmas |
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