hand over
To relinquish control or possession of something to someoneTo relinquish control or possession of something to someone.
» Hand it over.
Händige es aus! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Отдай. — marafon
Отдайте. — marafon
Верни это. — marafon
Верните это. — marafon
Поверни це. — shanghainese
Віддай. — shanghainese
Віддайте. — triantafillou
Передай його. — deniko
Передайте його сюди. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(idiomatic, transitive)To relinquish control or possession of something to someone.
I handed over the controls to the copilot.
übergeben, überreichen, aushändigen
передава́тьperedavátʹ, переда́тьperedátʹ, вруча́тьvručátʹ
(idiomatic, transitive)To deliver (someone to an enemy, police, etc.).
überantworten
- to surrender someone or something to another
Examples
169 sentencesHand it over.
Поверни це. — shanghainese
ruОтдай. — marafon
deHändige es aus! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom put his hands over his mouth.
Tom put his hand over his mouth.
Tom held his hands over his ears.
Tom put his hand over his heart.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Forms
hands over, handing over, handed over, handed over| Base form | hand over · to hand over |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | hands over |
| Present participle | handing over |
| Past simple | handed over |
| Past participle | handed over |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
11 phrasal verbs- hand outроздавати, роздатиTo distribute; to give out, either by hand or as if so (figuratively).
- hand inздати, здаватиTo give something to a responsible person.
- hand downпередати, передаватиTo transmit in succession, as from father to son, or from predecessor to successor.
- hand overдоставити, доставлятиTo relinquish control or possession of something to someone.
- hand upTo deliver an indictment (e.g. to a judge).
- hand offTo pass (the ball) to a teammate.
- hand onTo transfer (something) to someone else, especially as a replacement for oneself (such as an official office or duty); to transfer something that was originally given to oneself from someone else.
- hand backTo return (something) to where it came from.
Synonyms
7 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.