raise your hand against someoneraise (your) hand against (someone)
to fight someone.
He was horrified when the situation became so bad that one neighbor could raise a hand against another.
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raise (one's) hand against (someone)
To punch or slap someone, or threaten to do so. It's a pathetic, cowardly man who would raise his hand against his own child.Times have changed, and teachers never raise their hands against their students anymore.
lift/raise a ˈhand against somebody
to hit or threaten to hit somebody: She never raised a hand against her daughter because she didn’t believe in hitting children.