put up hand

Frequency: 6.210.5 per million words

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Examples (10)

  • If you know the answer, please put up your hand.
  • The little boy shyly put up his hand to ask a question.
  • She was the only one who put up her hand to volunteer for the difficult task.
  • During the vote, a majority of members will put up their hands in agreement.
  • He put up a hand as if to say, 'Wait a moment.'
  • Are you putting up your hand because you need help or because you want to leave?
  • No one put up a hand when the manager asked for feedback.
  • I hesitated for a moment before I put up my hand.
  • Let's see a show of hands: put up your hand if you prefer the first option.
  • He had already put up his hand three times, but the speaker ignored him.