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hand over

British  

verb

  1. to surrender possession of; transfer

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a transfer or surrender

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
hand over Idioms  

  1. 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.

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Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP Murray told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the errors were "inexplicable" as formal letters instructing councils to start preparing to hand over evidence "should have happened quite automatically".

From BBC

Lord Mandelson is to be asked to hand over messages from his personal phone as part of the disclosure of documents related to his appointment as UK ambassador to the US, the BBC understands.

From BBC

And once police make a demand, the subject must hand over the data and then seek a court order to make certain correspondence inadmissable at trial.

From The Wall Street Journal

When I signed to Columbia, I handed over everything I had, all my demos.

From Los Angeles Times

This led to backlash from some campaigners who argued handing over personal data was a breach of privacy and that data was at risk of being hacked.

From BBC

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