to give something back to someone
to say that you have finished making a television or news report from a place to people and that you now let someone in the studio speak instead
After one last icy blast, I slid to a halt in front of the dealer and walked stiffly inside to hand back the keys.
He was due to hand back the keys of his apartment yesterday because he could no longer pay the rent.
If enough of those borrowers decide to give up and hand back the house keys to the Government, taxpayers may be out of pocket.
If you decide that you don't want to keep car, you can hand back the keys before you make the payment.
Jean handed the letter back to Doug.
Labour crashed the car and should not be handed back the keys, the narrative will go.
More pub landlords are requiring financial assistance to persuade them not to hand back the keys.
Now I’ll hand you back to Fiona in the studio.
The firm is axing 3,000 staff to stay afloat and admits it may be forced to hand back the keys to 47 homes to landlords.
The officer handed me my passport back.
There, former owners often just hand back the keys and with it their liability.
Twice in the past decade, failing companies have had to hand back the keys to the line.
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