Usually means: Express despair through a gesture.
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We found 5 dictionaries that define the word throw up one's hands:

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  1. throw up one's hands: Merriam-Webster
  2. throw up one's hands: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. throw up one's hands, throw up one's hands: Collins English Dictionary
  4. throw up one's hands: Wiktionary
  5. throw up one's hands, throw up ones hands: Dictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (throw up one's hands)

verb:  (intransitive) To raise both hands in the air in an exasperated manner.
verb:  (intransitive, idiomatic) To cease an attempt because it is perceived as doomed.


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