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hand

verb [T]
 
 
/hænd/

Definition

B1 to put something into someone's hand from your own hand: [+ two objects] The waiter smiled politely as he handed me my bill/handed my bill to me. Please read this memo carefully and hand it on (to your colleagues).Giving, providing and supplying
(Definition of hand verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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