hand back
phrasal verb
handed back; handing back; hands back
: to return (something) by handing it to someone
He handed the letter back (to her) without reading it.
The clerk handed back my credit card.
Examples of hand back in a Sentence
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One of them was Kimberly, the student who had taken Winslow’s hand back in August.
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Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 23 June 2024
Hold here for 10 seconds on the last rep.
Place your left hand back down and step your left foot back to the plank.
—Mallory Creveling, Health, 19 June 2024
That is also how it will be handed back to the customer.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2024
Panjabi instinctively moves to touch her child multiple times, only to suddenly draw her hand back, remembering that the killer is still at large.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2024
Meeting with reporters at the Pentagon on March 11, Garner outlined the conversations that week at the White House, telling the press that the United States hoped to quickly hand back control to the Iraqis.
—Garrett M. Graff, Foreign Affairs, 5 May 2023
Furlow-Smiles, who lives in Marietta, Ga. was sentenced in Atlanta federal court in May and ordered to hand back the cash, including over $121,000 to Nike.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 3 June 2024
Once the empty trucks have been returned to the temporary pier, they would be handed back to the Americans, who would then take them out to the floating offshore dock to refill them with aid and start the process again.
—Carol E. Lee, NBC News, 23 Mar. 2024
Cameras caught Williams, 22, smiling and dancing in his seat to Earth, Wind & Fire, while moving his hands back and forth.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 23 June 2024
Hold here for 10 seconds on the last rep.
Place your left hand back down and step your left foot back to the plank.
—Mallory Creveling, Health, 19 June 2024
That is also how it will be handed back to the customer.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2024
Panjabi instinctively moves to touch her child multiple times, only to suddenly draw her hand back, remembering that the killer is still at large.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2024
Meeting with reporters at the Pentagon on March 11, Garner outlined the conversations that week at the White House, telling the press that the United States hoped to quickly hand back control to the Iraqis.
—Garrett M. Graff, Foreign Affairs, 5 May 2023
Furlow-Smiles, who lives in Marietta, Ga. was sentenced in Atlanta federal court in May and ordered to hand back the cash, including over $121,000 to Nike.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 3 June 2024
Once the empty trucks have been returned to the temporary pier, they would be handed back to the Americans, who would then take them out to the floating offshore dock to refill them with aid and start the process again.
—Carol E. Lee, NBC News, 23 Mar. 2024
Cameras caught Williams, 22, smiling and dancing in his seat to Earth, Wind & Fire, while moving his hands back and forth.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
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“Hand back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hand%20back. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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