- hand over
- transitive verb Date: 1864 to yield control of • handover noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
hand over
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hand over — [v] give back; release abandon, cede, commend, commit, consign, deliver, dispense, donate, entrust, feed, find, fork out*, fork up*, give up, hand, leave, present, provide, relegate, relinquish, supply, surrender, transfer, turn over, waive,… … New thesaurus
hand over — (someone/something) to give someone or something to someone else. The prisoners were handed over to the marshals to be taken to another jail to serve their sentences. The old man handed his passport over … New idioms dictionary
hand over — index abalienate, bestow, consign, contribute (supply), delegate, discharge (pay a debt), dole … Law dictionary
hand over to — index bequeath Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
hand over — phrasal verb Word forms hand over : present tense I/you/we/they hand over he/she/it hands over present participle handing over past tense handed over past participle handed over 1) [transitive] to give something to someone by holding it in your… … English dictionary
hand over — verb to surrender someone or something to another (Freq. 5) the guard delivered the criminal to the police render up the prisoners render the town to the enemy fork over the money • Syn: ↑fork over, ↑fork out, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
hand over — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you hand something over to someone, you pass it to them. [V P n (not pron)] He also handed over a letter of apology from the Prime Minister... [V n P] I ve got his card. Judith said, handing it over. 2) PHRASAL VERB When you… … English dictionary
hand over — UK US hand (sth) over Phrasal Verb with hand({{}}/hænd/ verb ► to give someone else control of or responsibility for something: »to hand over control/power/responsibility hand sth over to sb »The founder handed the company over to his sons. »The… … Financial and business terms
hand over — {v.} To give control or possession of; give (something) to another person. * /When the teacher saw Johnny reading a comic book in study period, she made him hand over the book./ * /When Mr. Jones gets old, he will hand over his business to his… … Dictionary of American idioms
hand over — {v.} To give control or possession of; give (something) to another person. * /When the teacher saw Johnny reading a comic book in study period, she made him hand over the book./ * /When Mr. Jones gets old, he will hand over his business to his… … Dictionary of American idioms
hand\ over — v To give control or possession of; give (smth) to another person. When the teacher saw Johnny reading a comic book in study period, she made him hand over the book. When Mr. Jones gets old, he will hand over his business to his son. Syn.: fork… … Словарь американских идиом
