put one's fist to

English

Verb

put one's fist to (third-person singular simple present puts one's fist to, present participle putting one's fist to, simple past and past participle put one's fist to)

1. (slang) To sign one's name to.
   • 1912, Adele Ferguson Knight, The Right to Reign: A Romance of the Kingdom of Drecq, page 165:

     […] Just remind him of the paper I signed at his request, and I fancy there'll be no trouble."
     "I'll try, but I know he'll never put his fist to such a thing. Why , it would raise the very devil if it ever leaked out! […]

References

• 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary (in entry for mauley)