Sentence examples for hands up from inspiring English sources

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"hands up" is a valid English phrase that is usually used in spoken English and informal writing.
Here is an example sentence: "When the alarm sounded, everyone in the room put their hands up."

Dictionary

hands up

interjection

Put your hands up (if you wish to participate).

synonyms

reach for the sky

stick 'em up

Exact(53)

Anybody, some hands up?

Yale University

Hands up again?

Yale University

"Put your hands up, fool!

The New Yorker

We're keeping both hands up".

Put our hands up?

"Hands up!" he said.

Similar(7)

None of them had been handed up.

Yale University

A handout or a hand up?

University of California, Berkeley

He undulated his hand: "up" and "down".

BBC

"He is always putting his hand up".

BBC

Keep one hand up in the air.

WikiHow

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