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hand it to

Idioms  

  1. Give credit to, congratulate, as in You've got to hand it to her; she knows what she's doing. [c. 1900]

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I hand it to Emma and keep digging.

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And when he tried to hand it to her, she wouldn’t even take it.

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He reaches for the hat, and I hand it to him.

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I take it out, unfold it, hand it to Lizzie.

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I pull the wrinkled envelope from beneath the pillow and hand it to him.

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