- hand someone something
- hand someone somethingFig. to tell someone something; to tell someone nonsense. •
Don't hand me that stuff! That's silly!
•She handed me a line about being a famous author.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
hand someone something
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hand someone something — tv. to tell someone something; to tell someone nonsense. □ Don’t hand me that stuff! That’s silly! □ She handed me a line about being a famous author … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
hand someone/something over — give someone or something, or the responsibility for someone or something, to someone else hand the matter over to the police … Useful english dictionary
hand over something — hand over (someone/something) to give someone or something to someone else. The prisoners were handed over to the marshals to be taken to another jail to serve their sentences. The old man handed his passport over … New idioms dictionary
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hand */*/*/ — I UK [hænd] / US noun Word forms hand : singular hand plural hands 1) [countable] the part of your body at the end of each arm that you use for picking up and holding things Mrs Bennet put her hands over her ears to shut out the noise. have/hold… … English dictionary
hand back — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms hand back : present tense I/you/we/they hand back he/she/it hands back present participle handing back past tense handed back past participle handed back 1) to give something back to someone hand something… … English dictionary
hand over someone — hand over (someone/something) to give someone or something to someone else. The prisoners were handed over to the marshals to be taken to another jail to serve their sentences. The old man handed his passport over … New idioms dictionary
