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Phr V hand back hands, handing, handed hand back sth or hand sth back to give something that you are holding back to the person who gave it to you'No, I've never seen him before', I said, handing the photograph back. to give something back to the person it first belonged toShe had broken the rules of the contest and had to hand back the prize. hand (sb) back if someone who is talking on the radio or television hands back, they stop talking so that the programme can go back to the person or place where it started'No more news at the scene of the accident, so I'll hand you back to the London studio.'
phrasehand back1. hand back sth • hand sth back to give something that you are holding back to someone after they have given it to you: She handed back the money and told him she didn't want it.+ to The customs officer looked at his passport and handed it back to him.hand sb back sth (=hand it back to them) He asked Wainright to hand him back his piece of paper.■ SIMILAR TO: give back, return formal2. hand back sth • hand sth back to give something back to the person, organization, country etc that owns it, or that used to own it: Japan wants Russia to hand back the islands, which were occupied at the end of World War Two.+ to Britain handed Hong Kong back to China in 1997.hand sb back sth (=hand it back to them) Jewish families are trying to persuade Swiss banks to hand them back some of the money that was taken from them during the War.3. hand back sb • hand sb back to give someone such as a prisoner or a child back, for example to the country or family that they come from: Chile wants Britain to hand back Pinochet, so that he can be tried in his own country.+ to Thousands of Cossacks were handed back to the Communists, only to be shot or put in prison as soon as they arrived home..4. hand you back to sb especially BrE spoken used by television reporters at the end of their report, to say that the programme is going back to the person who was speaking before: This is Jon Snow in Washington, handing you back to Trevor McDonald.
hand backTo return something to someone by passing or handing it to them. A noun or pronoun can be used between "hand" and "back." Hand this book back to Elaine, will you? I finally had a chance to read it. I took a cupcake from the plate, which I then handed back to my mom. hand something back (to someone)to return something to someone by hand. Would you please hand this paper back to Scott? Hand back this book to Fred, if you please. |