HAND OVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hand over mean? 

• HAND OVER (verb)
  The verb HAND OVER has 1 sense:

1. to surrender someone or something to another

  Familiarity information: HAND OVER used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAND OVER (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To surrender someone or something to another

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

deliver; fork out; fork over; fork up; hand over; render; turn in

Context example:

fork over the money

Hypernyms (to "hand over" is one way to...):

give; hand; pass; pass on; reach; turn over (place into the hands or custody of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hand over"):

bail (deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period)

give away (formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

handover (act of relinquishing property or authority etc)

 Context examples 

Quick as thought, I sprang into the mizzen shrouds, rattled up hand over hand, and did not draw a breath till I was seated on the cross-trees.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

As you search for your new position, verify your references before you hand over a list—you must be certain there are no bad potatoes on that list.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

“On the contrary, it is solid enough for a man to break his hand over. Is Mrs. Watson in?”

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The man paused and passed his hand over his face.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Now our prisoner sat up, looked round him with a horror-stricken face, and passed his hand over his forehead, like one who cannot believe his own senses.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

My uncle had turned quite pale with the vividness of the memory, and he passed his hand over his eyes.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“A toi, ma cherie!” said he, with his hand over his heart.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Lord St. Simon sank into a chair and passed his hand over his forehead.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I passed my hand over the horny projections, and my teeth went on edge once more from the horrible rasping sensation produced.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Van Helsing raised his hand over his head for a moment, as though in remonstrance with the Almighty; but he said not a word, and in a few seconds stood up with his face sternly set.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)