# catch hands

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/catch-hands
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To take a punch; to get hit, especially with the hand or fist.

## Examples

- Keep talking like that and you will catch hands.
- He started a fight in the bar and ended up catching hands from the bouncer.
- The aggressive stranger quickly realized he had provoked the wrong person when he caught hands for his insults.

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