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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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.
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Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 30 June 2025
This was important because once the power is on and the bladders inflate, there's no adjusting or getting your hand back until the cycle is completed short of turning the device off.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 17 May 2025
Rakeem Nunez-Roches taunted Hudson from the defensive sideline, and Hudson made the yapping sign with his hand back at him.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 5 June 2025
But when the Doctor, Belinda, Poppy and Ruby Sunday returned to the TARDIS, and the Doctor and Belinda began excitedly making plans for their family’s time-hopping future, Ruby clocked that Poppy’s coat was getting smaller and smaller as it was handed back and forth between the tot’s parents.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 31 May 2025
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Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 30 June 2025
This was important because once the power is on and the bladders inflate, there's no adjusting or getting your hand back until the cycle is completed short of turning the device off.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 17 May 2025
Rakeem Nunez-Roches taunted Hudson from the defensive sideline, and Hudson made the yapping sign with his hand back at him.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 5 June 2025
But when the Doctor, Belinda, Poppy and Ruby Sunday returned to the TARDIS, and the Doctor and Belinda began excitedly making plans for their family’s time-hopping future, Ruby clocked that Poppy’s coat was getting smaller and smaller as it was handed back and forth between the tot’s parents.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 31 May 2025
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“Hand back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hand%20back. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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