palm out
C1 neutral inseparable intransitive
In simple words
Hold your hand out flat with the inside facing away from you, like a 'stop' signal.
Literal meaning: To turn the palm to face outward — fully transparent.
Meanings
1 C1 neutral
To hold the hand with the palm facing outward, as a gesture of stopping, greeting, or showing emptiness.
"She palmed out her hand in a clear signal for the crowd to stop advancing."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
Rarely used as a fixed phrasal verb; more commonly described in gesture or dance instruction contexts. Not widely established in dictionaries as a standard phrasal verb.
Commonly used with
hand gesture signal stop greeting
Forms
Base
palm out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
palms out
he/she/it
Past simple
palmed out
yesterday
Past participle
palmed out
have + pp
-ing form
palming out
continuous
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