What does raise a hand mean?

raise a hand

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.66 in modern English

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""I have had you covered all the time, Mr Carrados, and if I had wished to go and you or your friend had raised a hand to stop me, it would have been at the peril of your lives," he said, in a voice of melancholy triumph."

raises a hand (present, singular) raising a hand (participle, present) raised a hand (participle, past) raised a hand (past)

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