hand back
phrasal 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.
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They were expected to return on Saturday, where the girl would have been handed back into the custody of her mother, police said.
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Dan Gooding
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
The British Museum Climate change activists A Nazi officer The Vatican
Answer: The intimate artwork, featuring a man reclining in bed with his female partner standing in front of him, was handed back by Germany following a diplomatic effort, Italy’s cultural heritage police said in a statement.
—Jeremy Mikula, NBC news, 19 July 2025
The property is not being sold outright — and plans call for it to be handed back to the National Trust in less than a century.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2025
Bard handed back the check, did some data auditing as a favor, and concluded that the science was unconvincing, which prompted Fugal to pull out of the project.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 30 June 2025
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Dan Gooding
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
The British Museum Climate change activists A Nazi officer The Vatican
Answer: The intimate artwork, featuring a man reclining in bed with his female partner standing in front of him, was handed back by Germany following a diplomatic effort, Italy’s cultural heritage police said in a statement.
—Jeremy Mikula, NBC news, 19 July 2025
The property is not being sold outright — and plans call for it to be handed back to the National Trust in less than a century.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2025
Bard handed back the check, did some data auditing as a favor, and concluded that the science was unconvincing, which prompted Fugal to pull out of the project.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 30 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for hand back
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“Hand back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hand%20back. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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