Staying your hand In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "staying your hand", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Jimmy Hung calendar 2021-09-07 11:09

Meaning of Staying your hand (redirected from stay one's hand )

Stay one's hand old-fashioned literary

To prevent someone from doing something

His parent stayed his hand before he signed the divorce papers.

They stayed her hand before she destroyed these works.

Grammar and Usage of Stay one's hand

Verb Forms

  • stayed one's hand
  • staying one's hand
  • stays one's hand

The verb 'stay' should be conjugated according to its tense.

Origin of Stay one's hand

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