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English verb: hand over

1. hand over (possession) to surrender someone or something to another


SamplesThe guard delivered the criminal to the police.
Render up the prisoners.
Render the town to the enemy.
Fork over the money.


Synonymsdeliver, fork out, fork over, fork up, render, turn in


Pattern of useSomebody ----s something.
Somebody ----s somebody.
Somebody ----s something to somebody


Broader (hypernym)give, hand, pass, pass on, reach, turn over


Narrower (hyponym)bail, give away









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