hand over

hand over

transitive verb

Definition of HAND OVER

: to yield control of

— hand·over \ˈhan-ˌdō-vər\ noun

Examples of HAND OVER

1. <the police officer ordered the suspect to hand over his weapons>
2. <in response to a desperate plea, we handed over all our extra blankets and pillows to the homeless shelter>

First Known Use of HAND OVER

1864

Related to HAND OVER

Synonyms

cede, cough up, deliver, give up, surrender, lay down, relinquish, render, turn in, turn over, yield

Antonyms

hold (back), keep (back), reserve, retain, withhold

Related Words

commit, consign, entrust (also intrust), transfer; forfeit, release, waive; abnegate, renounce, resign; abandon, desert, discard, forsake, part (with), shed

Near Antonyms

keep, retain, withhold

Rhymes with HAND OVER

allover, all over, bind over, blow over, boil over, bowl over, changeover, chew over, comb-over, come over, crossover, cross over, cutover, flashover, flyover, get over, give over, go over, hangover, Hannover, holdover, hold over, in clover, kick over, knock over, layover, lay over, leftover, lie over, look over, makeover, make over, mess over, moreover, once-over, Passover, pass over, pick over, popover, pullover, pull over, pushover, put over, red clover, Rickover, rollover, roll over, runover, run over, sea rover, slipover, spillover, stopover, strikeover, sweet clover, takeover, take over, talk over, throw over, tide over, turnover, turn over, voice-over, walkover, walk over, warmed-over, watch over, wingover, work over