hands up
Reach for sky
Hands up is a command to raise both hands above the head, typically issued by police or armed individuals to ensure someone isn't holding a weapon: Hands up! Don't move!
The phrase also signals surrender or compliance.
In classrooms and meetings, hands up requests volunteers or votes: Hands up if you've finished.
Produce or relinquish
- capitulateYield under pressure
- submitPresent for consideration
- concedeAdmit something reluctantly
- complianceAdhering to requirements
defeat · give in · hold-up · robbery · stick-up · mugging · arrested · gunpoint
Message-conveying cue
direction · instruction · greeting · salute · acknowledge · attract attention · hail · flag down
yield
Produce or relinquish
- capitulateYield under pressure
- submitPresent for consideration
- concedeAdmit something reluctantly
compliance · defeat · give in · hold-up · robbery · stick-up · mugging · arrested · gunpoint · caught
signal
Message-conveying cue
cue · direction · instruction · greeting · salute · acknowledge · attract attention · hail · flag down · beckon
cheer
Joyfulness or encouragement
crowd · audience · festival · rave · praise · worship · hallelujah · gospel · rejoice · victory
volunteer
Unpaid willing participant
- answerSolution to query
- questionRequest for information
- participateTake an active role
eager · student · permission · attention · teacher · roll call · pick me · engage · respond
- defensive gesturesflinching, cowering, cringing, ducking, recoiling
- fighting wordsfight me, bring it, square up, step outside, lets go
- Stadium Chantshere we go, lets go, we believe, call and response, call-and-response
- surrendersurrender, surrenders, surrendering, I surrender, capitulate
- submission gestureskowtow, genuflection, genuflect, genuflecting, prostration
- shock reactionsgasp, wide eyes, jaw drop, shocked face, open mouth
hands uphands down
Without any doubt
at ease · arms crossed · hands behind back · arms folded · hands on hips
hands upat ease
Relaxed, not tense
stand down · relax · as you were · at rest · stand easy
hands upresist
Oppose or refuse compliance
fight back · stand your ground · armed resistance · draw · make a move
hand, handle, handy, hands, handled, handling, handles, handler, upping