fill (one's) hand

fill (one's) hand

1. To draw a firearm into one's hand, as in preparation for a gunfight. Fill your hand, stranger—you've been talkin' fighting words all day and I've had enough!
2. biblical To be consecrated or initiated as a priest, i.e., by placing objects of worship or holy sacrifice into one's hands. After years of studying in the rectory, young Adam was finally ready to fill his hands and enter the priesthood.
See also: fill, hand
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • in hand
  • have (something) in hand
  • have in hand
  • get a hand on (something)
  • on hand
  • give (someone) the back of (one's) hand
  • have (something) well in hand
  • get out of hand
  • be in hand
  • by hand