Grammar fix
raise your hand
lift hand
to lift your hand in the air, usually to show you want to speak or ask a question, especially in a classroom or meeting.
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Hear it in context
Notice where the phrase sounds natural.
If you have a question, please raise your hand.
In my school, students always have to raise their hand before speaking in class.
Fix the pattern
One small grammar move makes it sound right.
Not: Raise up your hand if you agree.
Say: Raise your hand if you agree.
'Raise' means lift — don't add 'up' ('put your hand UP' is the version that uses 'up').
Which sounds natural?
Tap the one a native speaker would say.
In everyday speech natives often say 'put your hand up'; 'elevate your hand' is comically formal.
Build natural chunks
Words that usually travel with it.
raise/put + hand
- your hand
- a hand
- your hand up
- if you know