hand-deliver
Americanverb (used with object)
Example Sentences
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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
A delegation from Washington came to Paris last week to hand-deliver the letter, obtained by the AP.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 12, 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
“Well, Bud, I don’t mean to sully your reputation, but you just ran away from that man all the way across the state, I think I’d better hand-deliver you.”
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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