Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

hand-deliver

American  
[hand-di-liv-er] / ˈhænd dɪˈlɪv ər /

verb (used with object)

  1. to deliver in person or by messenger.


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

When a signed copy of my first book got lost in the Salvadoran postal system, I joked I’d hand-deliver it.

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2026

Meadows dashed to the Justice Department just minutes before President Joe Biden was inaugurated to hand-deliver a redacted copy of the binder for final review.

From Salon • Dec. 15, 2023

Maybe that’s not something that they wouldn’t normally hand-deliver.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2023

To hand-deliver them, Patel mailed his filings to someone in Florida whom he hired online through the app TaskRabbit to file the documents with a clerk in the federal courthouse in West Palm Beach.

From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2022

I hope he gets excited when he finds out that we came all this way to hand-deliver a copy of our book to him.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember "hand-deliver" for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com