hand over

verb

1. to surrender possession of; transfer

noun

1. a transfer or surrender

Idioms and Phrases

Release or relinquish to another's possession or control. For example, You may as well hand over the money , or He decided to hand the store over to his children . [c. 1800] For a synonym, see turn over , def. 5.

Example Sentences

For anyone buying scratchers, he will happily wave his hand over the cards for good luck.

From Los Angeles Times

Jussie Smollett refuses, external to hand over his phone to police investigating the attack.

From BBC

With an upper hand over other bacteria lacking similar antibiotic resistance, such bacteria should become dominant.

From Science Daily

Redemption and revenge for Carsley, along with a list of positives he can hand over to Tuchel, came in the shape this stylish win here in Greece, where the vast crowd inside Athens' Olympic Stadium was silent – not to mention largely absent – by the end of England’s 3-0 win.

From BBC

Other aspects include, once those leaders are given temporary powers to represent us—we hand over our sovereignty to them for a temporary period to represent us—they’re constrained by checks and balances, by the rule of law, and by the protection of individual rights in order to ensure that, at the end of the day, our granting to them of our sovereignty as “we, the people,” is temporary and we get to take it back at the end of their term in office.

From Slate

Related Words

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• relinquish
• supply
• surrender
• transfer
• turn over