Meaning

2 senses
  1. (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

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

    überantworten

More definitions
  • to surrender someone or something to another

Examples

169 sentences
  1. Hand it over.

    Поверни це. — shanghainese

    ruОтдай. — marafon

    deHändige es aus! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Tom put his hands over his mouth.

  3. Tom put his hand over his mouth.

  4. Tom held his hands over his ears.

  5. Tom put his hand over his heart.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to relinquish control or possession:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to relinquish control or possession:
to deliver to people:

Forms

hands over, handing over, handed over, handed over
Base formhand over · to hand over
3rd person singularhands over
Present participlehanding over
Past simplehanded over
Past participlehanded over

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhand over
he, she, ithands over

Past simpleLesson

all personshanded over

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave handed over
he, she, ithas handed over

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hand over

Phrasal verbs

11 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedhandover

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary 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.

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