mettre la main — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bag noun A flexible container, often with an opening at the top, used to hold or carry items.
Senses
mettre la main is used for these senses in English:
- bag To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
- dig up (transitive, idiomatic) to discover something by digging; to unearth
- get one's hands on (informal, transitive) To get; to obtain; to secure.
bag — full definition
- noun A flexible container, often with an opening at the top, used to hold or carry items.
- verb To put something into a bag, or more broadly, to succeed in getting or catching something.