Definition of "change hands"

change hands

verb
third-person singular simple present changes hands, present participle changing hands, simple past and past participle changed hands
1. (idiomatic) To become the property of someone else; to be bought or sold.
  Quotations
  The line has since changed hands several times, and is now to re-open as a preserved railway (a railway for leisure only), running vintage diesels and electrics, but with the aim of restoring steam.
  2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, page 210