raise your hand — lift your hand to signal attention or indicate a response
raise your hand
lift your hand to signal attention or indicate a response
Meanings
- lift your hand to signal attention or indicate a response
Words Used
More collocations
More collocations with hand (4)
hold someone's hand
clasp another person's hand in yours, for comfort, affection, or guidance
shake hands
grasp and move someone's hand up and down as a greeting or to seal an agreement
wave your hand
move your hand back and forth to greet or attract attention
steady hand
a hand that does not tremble, implying skill or calm under pressure
More collocations with raise (10)
raise a daughter
bring up a female child
raise a family
to bring up children through childhood
raise a glass
To lift a glass as a gesture of celebration or toasting someone
raise a kid
bring up a child from infancy to adulthood
raise a son
to bring up a boy from childhood to adulthood
raise a child
to bring up and care for a child through to adulthood
raise hopes
to increase the expectation that something good will happen
raise one's voice
speak more loudly, especially in anger or to be heard
Sharing same tag — verb_noun
Words
- answer a question to provide a response to a question
- answer the phone to pick up a ringing phone and speak to the caller
- ask a question to address a question to someone in order to find something out
- attend a class be present at a scheduled lesson
- become a father have a child for the first time; take on the role of a father
- boil water heat water to 100 °C, typically to sterilise it or prepare food
- brush hair to smooth or style hair by drawing a brush through it
- build a house construct a house from the ground up
- build a wall construct a wall
- buy a car to purchase a car