hand back

phrasal verb

handed back; handing back; hands back

: to return (something) by handing it to someone

He handed the letter back (to her) without reading it.

The clerk handed back my credit card.

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But even that doesn’t discount the possibility of a part, or parts, being produced outside the country and then finished by hand back home. —

Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 17 Feb. 2025 This is one of the conflicts that will be handed back to Trump. —

Lulu Garcia-Navarro, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025 The difference was the running game didn't work nearly as well and the defensive front seven got their butts handed back to them and the Titans' mistakes came stacked one after the other instead of spread out throughout the game, creating an unmanageable deficit. —

Nick Suss, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024 Alternatively, Newcastle could hand back their Euros fixture allocation, though doing so risks affecting their prospects of hosting future major events. —

Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for hand back