hand sth over
— phrasal verb with hand /hænd/ verb [T]Definition
B2 to give something to someone else: We were ordered to hand over our passports. → See also handoverGiving, providing and supplying
(Definition of hand sth over from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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