hand over

hand over

See also: handover and hand-over

English

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Verb

hand over (third-person singular simple present hands over, present participle handing over, simple past and past participle handed over)

1. (transitive, idiomatic) To relinquish control or possession of something to someone.

   I handed over the controls to the copilot.

   • 2023 February 10, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 6-0 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport‎:

     Liverpool still have a game in hand but City have made up most of that lost ground and this was a resounding message that they will not be handing over the title.

2. (transitive, idiomatic) To deliver (someone to an enemy, police, etc.).

Synonyms

• beteach

Translations

to relinquish control or possession

Assamese: গতোৱা (gotüa) Cebuano: dunol, tunol, duhol Chinese: Mandarin: 交出 (zh) (jiāochū), 移交 (zh) (yíjiāo) Czech: předat (cs) Dutch: overhandigen (nl) Esperanto: transdoni Finnish: antaa (fi), luovuttaa (fi) French: remettre (fr), donner (fr), transmettre (fr), passer (fr) German: übergeben (de), überreichen (de), aushändigen (de) Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (galēwjan) Greek: Ancient: παρέχω (parékhō) Hungarian: átad (hu), átnyújt (hu), odaad (hu), (transfer, assign) átruház (hu), (relinquish) lemond (hu), (give up) felad (hu), (abandon, deposit) lead (hu) Icelandic: afhenda Italian: cedere (it), trasferire (it) Japanese: 引き渡す (ひきわたす, hikiwatasu), 手渡す (てわたす, tewatasu) Latin: trādō, dedo Persian: از دست دادن‎ (az dasy dādan), واگذاشتن‎ (fa) (vāgozāštan) Polish: przekazać (pl) pf Portuguese: entregar (pt), transferir (pt), passar (pt) Russian: передава́ть (ru) impf (peredavátʹ), переда́ть (ru) pf (peredátʹ), вруча́ть (ru) impf (vručátʹ), вручи́ть (ru) (vručítʹ), сдава́ть (ru) impf (sdavátʹ), сдать (ru) pf (sdatʹ) Spanish: devolver (es), entregar (es), abandonar (es), pasar el mando Swedish: överlämna (sv) Telugu: అందించు (te) (andiñcu) Yiddish: אַהערגעבן‎ (ahergebn)

to deliver to people

Dutch: uitleveren (nl) French: livrer (fr), abouler (fr) German: überantworten (de) Hungarian: átad (hu), kiad (hu), kiszolgáltat (hu) Persian: واسپردن‎ (fa) (vāsepordan), رساندن‎ (fa) (resāndan) Portuguese: entregar (pt)

Anagrams

• over-hand, overhand