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get your hands on someone

get (one's) hands on (someone)

To touch or grasp someone, often with the threat of violence. Oh, once I get my hands on you, you'll take back what you said!
See also: get, hand, on
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get your hands on someone

or

lay your hands on someone

INFORMAL
COMMON If you get your hands on someone who has done something wrong or lay your hands on them, you catch them and usually punish them. I'd like to get my hands on the person who did this. That's the most likely explanation, but we can't be sure until we lay our hands on the culprits.
See also: get, hand, on, someone
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012
See also:
  • get (one's) hands on (someone)
  • get/lay your hands on somebody
  • lay (one's) hands on (someone or something)
  • lay hands on
  • grope after
  • grope after (someone or something)
  • grope at
  • grope at (someone or something)
  • within grasp
  • drop (someone or something) on (someone or something)


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