hand sth back
— phrasal verb with hand uk/hænd/us/hænd/verb [ T ]
to return something to the person who gave it to you:
[ + two objects ] "No, I've never seen him before," I said, handing her back the photograph.
More examples
- When I used the cashier's pen to sign the receipt, I forgot to hand her pen back.
- When someone in the street handed him a leaflet, he just handed it straight back!
- Miss Mills borrowed our scissors but she never handed them back.
- I can't go anywhere until you hand me my car keys back, silly!
- I took the screwdriver, tightened both the screws, and then handed it back to him.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Giving, providing and supplying
- accommodate
- accord
- administer
- administration
- assignment
- award
- deliver
- go round (somewhere)
- hand sth around
- hand sth in
- hand sth out
- hand sth over
- invest
- lay
- spare
- step
- step forward
- supplier
- supply
- supply chain
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