rub one's hands together

rub one's hands together

English

Alternative forms

• rub one's hands

Verb

rub one's hands together (third-person singular simple present rubs one's hands together, present participle rubbing one's hands together, simple past and past participle rubbed one's hands together)

1. (idiomatic, colloquial) To anticipate an activity eagerly.
   • 2017 Interest rate rise: What you are saying BBC News, 2 November 2017. Accessed 3 August 2018.

     ""It's been over 10 years and it's about time we got a little bit more," Ms Tongue pointed out. "I'm rubbing my hands together, definitely.""

   • 2018 Riley Beveridge, No final decision on 2019 AFLW Fixture Brisbane Lions, 3 August 2018. Accessed 3 August 2018.

     ""But I thought when those two new teams came in … I was rubbing my hands together thinking 'we are going to get a legitimate competition here, we will play everyone once and head into a finals series, you beauty'."