hand on

British  

verb

1. (tr, adverb) to pass to the next in a succession

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hand on Idioms  

1. Turn over to another, as in When you've read it, please hand it on to Sam. This term can also be used in the sense of “bequeath” (see hand down, def. 1). [Second half of 1800s]

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Example Sentences

And so I stopped them and thought of turning around and going back into the middle of the world, the place I had found in the center of the world where it was only the dogs and only me and I hung there for a time, with my hand on the leader’s back and I think I would have turned them except that I heard a yell and it was my wife.

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I tried it and put one hand on the bar and one foot on the snow.

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I put my hand on the sled and it moved easily.

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He took me up the path to the house and put his hand on the door latch.

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He closed his hand on the charm.

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• address
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• translate
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