to hand out
14
5.5
- phrasal verb
- /hænd aʊt/
- Informal
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mendigar
- Every time they see me, they have their hands out, hoping I'll give them money.
And if we just keep playing along and every time, you know, Ukraine puts their hand out, we put money in there just to kind of keep this going.
- And if we just keep playing along and every time, you know, Ukraine puts their hand out, we put money in there just to kind of keep this going.
Examples
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Donna Rae turned to me, her hand out.
Fiction book (1998) -
Now he's got his hand out.
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Always got their hand out right?
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As I took a third block out, he held his hand out to receive the block.
Academic text (2001) -
Sam held his hand out for her.
Fiction book (2000) -
Federal badges or not, they all got their hands out.
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In this business, there's a lot of cash, and with a lot of people with their hands out.
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"Come on, then," Trudy said, holding her hand out to him.
Fiction book (1999) -
So if he's going to put his hand out and ask me to shake it, who the freak am I to say no?
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That means it recognizes the liability only when somebody comes around, sticks their hand out and says you owe me money.
Synonyms
1
8.8
To ask people for money by showing you need it
1
8.2
To ask strangers on the street for money
To ask for money or help without trying to earn it
Antonyms
How Demanding
- Informal
7
7.5
153
1.0
- Informal
14
5.5
∞
1.0
136
2.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'to solicit' is not directly derivable from 'hand' (to give/pass) + 'out' (away), and many learners would instead predict a distributive meaning ('give out'). However, the soliciting sense is a motivated metaphor (holding out a hand to receive), so there is partial predictability based on gesture rather than full compositionality.
Etymology
Hand out: The idiomatic use hand out (as in 'have one's hand out') comes from the picture of someone holding their hand out to receive a gift or money. That's why it can mean 'to ask for money or help'.