hand sth back
— phrasal verb with hand /hænd/ verb [T]Definition
› to return something to the person who gave it to you: [+ two objects] "No, I've never seen him before," I said, handing her back the photograph.Giving, providing and supplying
(Definition of hand sth back from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- assignment noun
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