hand over

Language: en

Meaning: (transitive,idiomatic)Torelinquishcontrolorpossessionof something to someone.Ihanded overthe controls to the copilot.1951August, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performsnce”, inRailway Magazine, page554:The train washanded over21 min. late at Salisbury, so there was every encouragement to Driver Moore, of Salisbury, to "get a move on."2013July 14, Joyce Lau, Calvin Yang, “University of Macau Moves Over the China Border”, inThe New York Times‎[1],→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe originalon18 July 2013, Asia Pacific: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.2025February 10, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 6-0 Chelsea”, inBBC Sport‎[2]: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 behanding overthe title.; (transitive,idiomatic)Todeliver(someone to an enemy, police, etc.).

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