Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

keep one's hands to oneself

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.48 in modern English

Syllables
keep- one's hand-s -to one-self
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To refrain from using one's hands; especially to refrain from groping someone.

Inflected Forms

keeps one's hands to oneself (present, singular) keeping one's hands to oneself (participle, present) kept one's hands to oneself (participle, past) kept one's hands to oneself (past)

Questions

What does keep one's hands to oneself mean?
To refrain from using one's hands; especially to refrain from groping someone.

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