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What is "lay hands on"

Wiktionary
lay hands on

vb. 1 (context idiomatic English) To find, obtain or procure. 2 (context idiomatic English) To seize or assault.

WordNet
lay hands on

v. manage with the hands

Usage examples of "lay hands on".

They should have died before they allowed anyone to lay hands on the Steadholder, and they hadn’.

They should have died before they allowed anyone to lay hands on the Steadholder, and they hadn't.

Or rather, I want you to buy your company, all the shares you can lay hands on, quietly, over the next year, so you won't run up the price.

The Canadian army had come to Fort Garry, they said, and Riel had disappeared before they could lay hands on him.