hand someone their hat
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.44 in modern English
31
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "McNeil replied, "It may have been Hitler who helped Chamberlain with his overcoat but don't forget it was the British people who handed him his hat.""
- "You grew up under dictators who would have put people to the sword if they dared hand them their hats and invite them to buzz off."
- "The President's men, nonetheless, view him the way the Vatican saw Galileo—as a dangerous heretic. . . . They would hand him his hat if they dared."
Usage
- American usage
Inflected Forms
hands someone their hat (present, singular)
handing someone their hat (participle, present)
handed someone their hat (participle, past)
handed someone their hat (past)
give someone his hat (alternative)