unhand
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ʌnˈhænd/
Verb

unhand (unhands, present participle unhanding; past and past participle unhanded)

  1. To release from the hand; to let go.
    • 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Rime of the Ancient Mariner, part 1, lines 9-12,
      He holds him with his skinny hand,
      "There was a ship," quoth he.
      "Hold off! unhand me, grey-beard loon!"
      Eftsoons his hand dropt he.



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