put the cuffs on
Example Sentences
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I was trying to tell them that I am putting my hands behind my back, that my hands are behind my back, and that I am trying to let them put the cuffs on me.
From Slate • Jul. 28, 2025
So they put the cuffs on in front.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2018
In a show of his seriousness in rooting out the source of the trouble, Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck personally put the cuffs on Cain when he was first arrested June 22.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2017
“And from that moment, we wanted to put the cuffs on him so bad, and we couldn’t because the evidence was just not there,” Collins said.
From Washington Post • Sep. 13, 2011
We don’t need to know who put the cuffs on Hermione, or who’s stitching up Witherspoon.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
