Meaning of “turn sth over to sb” in the English Dictionary

"turn sth over to sb" in English

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— phrasal verb with turn uk /tɜːn/ us /tɝːn/ verb

› to give something to someone in authority or someone who has a legal right to it, or to give someone legal responsibility for something:

They turned the videos over to the police.

All documents are to be turned over to the court.

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(Definition of “turn sth over to sb” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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