hand on

as in to pass (down)

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  • Grand jury handed down a four-count federal indictment Earlier this month, a federal grand jury indicted Mangione on four counts — murder through the use of a firearm, a firearms offense and two counts of stalking.
    Juliana Kim, NPR, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Judge Maryanne Trump Barry, President Trump’s late sister, handed down Manna’s sentence in 1989.
    John Annese, New York Daily News, 23 Apr. 2025
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“Hand on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hand%20on. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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