Synonyms for hands
hands

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1. hands, custodynoun

   (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child

   "my fate is in your hands"; "too much power in the president's hands"; "your guests are now in my custody"; "the mother was awarded custody of the children"

   Synonyms:
   detention, work force, detainment, workforce, custody, hands, manpower, men, hold

2. work force, workforce, manpower, hands, mennoun

   the force of workers available

   Synonyms:
   work force, workforce, hands, custody, manpower, men

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1. • Force
   • Guardianship

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1. handsnoun

   Synonyms:
   CLUTCHES

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1. List of paraphrases for "hands":

   hand, manos, eide, -hands, fingers, mains

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1. Joseph Sobran:

   By a very conservative estimate, a hundred million people have died at the hands of their own governments in this century. Given that record, how bad could anarchy be?

2. Hiroyuki Ueno:

   It looks a bit difficult for two countries' leaders to shake hands and sign a deal this month. What is more likely is to essentially kick the can, with China buying more U.S. farm products while the U.S. postpones its next tariffs, markets will consider such an arrangement as a de facto deal whether they officially sign it or not.

3. Matt Zeller:

   There's people who die because they were forced by those organizations to flee before they could get their hands on them.

4. Richard Peirce:

   A shark has got no paws or hands, so if it wants to explore something, the only capability it's got to do that is to put it in its mouth, that's why we often get exploratory bites which don't result in death and sometimes don't even result in serious injury. If you go swimming and splashing away, you're almost inviting the shark to come give you an exploratory or an attack bite.

5. H. L. Mencken:

   There comes a time when a man must spit on his hands, hoist the black flag and begin slitting throats.