have one's hand out

短语

发音

AU

词形变化

had one's hand out has one's hand out 三单 has one's hand out having one's hand out having one's hand out 现在分词 had one's hand out 过去式 had one's hand out 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To request benefits, especially monetary ones and especially if not entitled to them.

    习语

    Whenever there was an appropriations bill, he always had his hand out for his guys.

词源

An allusion to the beseeching manner and typical gesture of a beggar.

来源：wiktionary