Dictionary

hand over en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic, transitive) To relinquish control or possession of something to someone.
   • The train was handed over 21 min. late at Salisbury, so there was every encouragement to Driver Moore, of Salisbury, to "get a move on." 1951 August, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 554:
   • I handed over the controls to the copilot.
   • Liverpool still have a game in hand but City have made up most of that lost ground and this was a resounding message that they will not be handing over the title. 2019 February 10, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 6-0 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport:
   • When classes start in September, the University of Macau’s new campus — still under construction on about a square kilometer, or roughly 250 acres, on Hengqin Island in southern Guangdong Province — will be “handed over” to Macau governance in accordance with a 2009 bill by the National People’s Congress in Beijing. 2013 July 14, Joyce Lau, Calvin Yang, “University of Macau Moves Over the China Border”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2013, Asia Pacific:
2. (idiomatic, transitive) To deliver (someone to an enemy, police, etc.).

Forms

Coordinates

drop off · hand off

Synonyms

beteach

Translations (75)

ru сдать (to relinquish control or possession) · nl uitleveren (to deliver to people) · ja 手渡す (to relinquish control or possession) · ar سَلَّمَ (to relinquish control or possession) · ru переда́ть (to relinquish control or possession) · ru передава́ть (to relinquish control or possession) · la dedo (to relinquish control or possession) · fa واسپردن (to deliver to people) · sv överlämna (to relinquish control or possession) · hu átad (to relinquish control or possession) · es pasar el mando (to relinquish control or possession) · pl przekazać (to relinquish control or possession) · hu átruház (to relinquish control or possession) · pt passar (to relinquish control or possession) · is afhenda (to relinquish control or possession) · es entregar (to relinquish control or possession) · kix thùo (to deliver to people) · hu lemond (to relinquish control or possession) · got 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to relinquish control or possession) · pl przekazywać (to relinquish control or possession) · de überreichen (to relinquish control or possession) · fr passer (to relinquish control or possession) · scn passari (to relinquish control or possession) · scn cunzignari (to deliver to people) · scn cèdiri (to relinquish control or possession) · ceb duhol (to relinquish control or possession) · ceb dunol (to relinquish control or possession) · hi थमाना (to relinquish control or possession) · te అందించు (to relinquish control or possession) · hu átad (to deliver to people) · de überantworten (to deliver to people) · es devolver (to relinquish control or possession) · de aushändigen (to relinquish control or possession) · cmn 交出 (to relinquish control or possession) · ceb tunol (to relinquish control or possession) · ja 引き渡す (to relinquish control or possession) · yi אַהערגעבן (to relinquish control or possession) · it cedere (to relinquish control or possession) · ru вруча́ть (to relinquish control or possession) · la trādō (to relinquish control or possession) · de übergeben (to relinquish control or possession) · hu kiszolgáltat (to deliver to people) · it trasferire (to relinquish control or possession) · nl overhandigen (to relinquish control or possession) · eo transdoni (to relinquish control or possession) · fr livrer (to deliver to people) · es abandonar (to relinquish control or possession) · fa رساندن (to deliver to people) · pt entregar (to relinquish control or possession) · hu kiad (to deliver to people) · pl oddawać (to deliver to people) · as গতোৱা (to relinquish control or possession) · hu átnyújt (to relinquish control or possession) · scn affidari (to deliver to people) · fr abouler (to deliver to people) · scn lassari (to relinquish control or possession) · grc παρέχω (to relinquish control or possession) · fi antaa (to relinquish control or possession) · fa از دست دادن (to relinquish control or possession) · pl oddać (to deliver to people) · ru вручи́ть (to relinquish control or possession) · fr transmettre (to relinquish control or possession) · cs předat (to relinquish control or possession) · pt entregar (to deliver to people) · fa واگذاشتن (to relinquish control or possession) · scn dunari (to relinquish control or possession) · fi luovuttaa (to relinquish control or possession) · hu lead (to relinquish control or possession) · fr donner (to relinquish control or possession) · hu odaad (to relinquish control or possession) · hu felad (to relinquish control or possession) · cmn 移交 (to relinquish control or possession) · pt transferir (to relinquish control or possession) · ru сдава́ть (to relinquish control or possession) · fr remettre (to relinquish control or possession)