to give power or control to someone else
to give someone to the police or another authority that will become responsible for them
to give something to someone by holding it in your hand and offering it to them
to stop speaking to or dealing with someone and let someone else do it
A surge of troops to speed the training of Afghan forces with the aim of handing over more responsibility now seems increasingly likely.
Albert bowed and handed over the letter.
Another had a hand over her eyes.
Bold as brass, in broad daylight, they took the hint and handed over another.
But this week, yet another was spotted handing over her phone number.
Can diplomacy regain upper hand over war?
Excess cash handed over, passport taken to a back room, muffled sounds of phone calls.
Foot soldiers hand over wraps of cocaine to the punter.
From here, we trek to the summit, scrambling the last few metres hand over foot as our feet sink deep into the snow.
Hand over responsibility for protecting us from the Armed Forces to the police.
He handed the car keys over to Stella.
I handed over yet another ten dollars and thundered that we had been robbed.
In a digital age, money isn't something you hand over when the deal is done.
I’m now going to hand over to my colleague back in the studio.
Let me hand you over to John, who will show you around.
MOST tailors would get the boot if they handed over something like this.
My next task was to see if anyone would hand over change to make a phone call.
Once the new operation is up and running, responsibility is handed over to a local team.
One always has the upper hand over the other.
One of our national teams, at least, has now conclusively gained the upper hand over the old enemy.
She can see herself handing over creative responsibility to her.
Such a result for Bath will take all the class that they possesses, to be applied after the forwards have taken the upper hand over their counterparts.
The old woman handed over cash and cheques during eight months of being targeted by the rogue gang.
The suspects have now been handed over to the French authorities.
The tax my companies hand over helps to pay for schools, hospitals and other essential services.
There are very few mothers from my part of the world who would hand over this responsibility to their sons.
They formally hand power over to the new government next week.
They have the upper hand over decent families who bring their children up to know right from wrong.
This means compromise and backroom politicking often have the upper hand over public battles.
We have had the upper hand over them in terms of results.
What has happened to all those I helped capture and hand over to the Iraqi judicial system?
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