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.

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The famous hustler was set to serve a 30-year sentence, which he was handed back in 2008. —

Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 16 Oct. 2024 More than 180 years of horse racing came to an end in Singapore on Saturday, as the Singapore Turf Club hosted its final race day before its track is handed back to the government to provide land for new homes. —

Jason Ma, Fortune Asia, 25 May 2019 However, after some sudden rainfall, the system did warn me to put my hands back on the wheel, so perhaps version 1.4 could improve that situation. —

Umar Shakir, The Verge, 26 Sep. 2024 So it got handed back down to lower court, then COVID happened and then the courts got shut down. —

Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hand back