handsomethingback
phrasal verbwithhandverb[T]uk/hænd/us/hænd/
toreturnsomething to thepersonwho gave it to you:
[+ two objects]"No, I've neverseenhim before," I said,handingher back thephotograph.
- When I used the cashier'spentosignthereceipt, Iforgottohandherpenback.
- When someone in thestreethandedhim aleaflet, he justhandeditstraightback!
- MissMillsborrowedourscissorsbut she neverhandedthem back.
- I can't goanywhereuntil youhandme mycarkeysback,silly!
- I took thescrewdriver,tightenedboth thescrews, and thenhandedit back to him.
Giving, providing and supplying
- accommodate
- accord
- administer
- administration
- assignment
- award
- hand off
- handsomethingout
- handsomethingover
- handsomethinground
- handoff
- invest
- lay
- passing
- rebid
- regift
- reprovision
- resource
- resupply
- spare