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How to pronounce hands in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms manpower, men, work force, workforce
Type of force, personnel
Has types complement, full complement
Type Words
Synonyms custody
Type of keeping, safekeeping, guardianship


my fate is in your hands.
too much power in the president's hands.

Examples of hands

hands
Stand with feet apart, look people in the eye and place your hands on your hips.
From the stltoday.com
Two Democratic Senate seats also appeared to be veering out of Republican hands.
From the thenewstribune.com
If cold hands are a real problem for you, then choose the Guide over the Legend.
From the thenewstribune.com
By 1840, more than 280,000 slaves were living in the state, many as field hands.
From the thenewstribune.com
I think we actually completely missed each other's hands the first couple times.
From the usatoday.com
The government hands out a document to new immigrants that enter the US legally.
From the washingtontimes.com
Moments later, armed with new life, Jagger Lieb took matters into his own hands.
From the news-journalonline.com
Scalpers lucky enough to have tickets in their hands were hawking them for $100.
From the denverpost.com
Good thing Nebraska has the steady hands of Jeter, the tough senior point guard.
From the omaha.com
More examples
  • Pass: place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"
  • The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb; "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt"
  • Guide or conduct or usher somewhere; "hand the elderly lady into the taxi"
  • Hired hand: a hired laborer on a farm or ranch; "the hired hand fixed the railing"; "a ranch hand"
  • Handwriting: something written by hand; "she recognized his handwriting"; "his hand was illegible"
  • Ability; "he wanted to try his hand at singing"
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