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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In court documents, police said Herring reported the store owner had pointed a gun at the group and said the passenger had handed back the items.
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Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2025
His portfolio also includes a Georgian Revival house outside of Philadelphia, which is not far from the filmmaker’s childhood home in Wynnewood that changed hands back in 2022 for $1.5 million.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2025
But even that doesn’t discount the possibility of a part, or parts, being produced outside the country and then finished by hand back home.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 17 Feb. 2025
This is one of the conflicts that will be handed back to Trump.
—Lulu Garcia-Navarro, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
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Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2025
His portfolio also includes a Georgian Revival house outside of Philadelphia, which is not far from the filmmaker’s childhood home in Wynnewood that changed hands back in 2022 for $1.5 million.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2025
But even that doesn’t discount the possibility of a part, or parts, being produced outside the country and then finished by hand back home.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 17 Feb. 2025
This is one of the conflicts that will be handed back to Trump.
—Lulu Garcia-Navarro, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Hand back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hand%20back. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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