hand it to

phrase

: to give credit to : concede the excellence of
I have to hand it to him. He did a wonderful job.

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Find out whether workflows are preconfigured or built from scratch, whether the vendor manages that process, hands it to you or requires consultants, and who owns model upgrades when the underlying AI changes. Jim Barnett, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 Bill Ackman peels off his suit jacket in the afternoon sunshine, and hands it to a chauffeur parked outside his office in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen. Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 20 July 2026 When Pissenem’s rival club Space closed in 2016, the Matutes handed it to him. Max Marshall, Vanity Fair, 15 July 2026 Following their instructions, my father went to his bank, wired $300,000 to a nearby coin dealer, purchased gold, and handed it to a courier sent to his home. Ari Maas, New York Daily News, 11 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for hand it to

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“Hand it to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hand%20it%20to. Accessed 26 Jul. 2026.

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