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Definition of unhand verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

unhand

verb

NAmE//ʌnˈhænd//

unhand somebody (old-fashioned or humorous)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they unhand

he / she / it unhands

past simple unhanded

-ing form unhanding

to release a person that you are holding

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