hand back

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.

Examples of hand back in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The lamb sliders were rich and savory enough to feel far more serious than their size suggested, while the crispy okra fries dusted in chaat masala kept pulling hands back across the table. — Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026

On Friday, Ohtani handed back over pitch-calling duties, communicating with head shakes and nods instead of the PitchCom buttons on his arm. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026

Even the fastest text-to-video systems still hand back an MP4 several minutes after a request. — Vivian Toh, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026

But, that would still have left plenty left to do in what would have been effectively two windows either side of the Under-19s Euros, the first lasting six weeks from the play-offs semi-final home leg and the second around four weeks after the stadium has been handed back to Wrexham on July 12. — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 14 May 2026

Rhymes for hand back

• aback
• attack
• backpack
• backtrack
• bareback
• blackjack
• brownback
• buyback
• callback
• cognac
• comeback
• cutback