Synonyms

hand over

British

verb

to surrender possession of; transfer

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noun

a transfer or surrender

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hand over Idioms

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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We’re comfortable using AI to browse and discover products, but aren’t yet ready to hand over our credit cards.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

I don’t want to retire and immediately hand over half of what I built during the years she chose not to work.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

It remains to be seen how eagerly individual investors will hand over full control to the bots.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

"Tomorrow morning I will hand over my duties to the parliament speaker."

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

I walk to the shelves packed with diapers and run my hand over them, like I’m thinking hard about the problem.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

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hand over

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