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

Hong Kong was handed back to China in 1997 following more than 100 years of British colonial rule. — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026

Then after a month, figure out which of those hours an agent could hand back to the advisors. — Jerry Jihao Bai, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026

So any time freed by AI is far more likely to be filled with new tasks than handed back as a long weekend. — Dan Schawbel, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026

Senate Democrats and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer are hedging their bets on victories in red states – Iowa, North Carolina, Texas, Ohio and yes, Alaska – to help flip the upper chamber and hand back control to the party. — Jay Stahl, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for hand back

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