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hand sth back

Phrasal Verb with hand
 
 
/hænd/ verb [+ two objects]

Definition

to return something to the person who gave it to you: I was absent when the teacher handed back our homework.
(Definition of hand sth back from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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