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third-person singular simple present hands over, present participle handing over, simple past and past participle handed over
(transitive, idiomatic) To relinquish control or possession of something to someone. quotations examples
When classes start in September, the University of Macau’s new campus — still under construction on about a square kilometer, or roughly 250 acres, on Hengqin Island in southern Guangdong Province — will be “handed over” to Macau governance in accordance with a 2009 bill by the National People’s Congress in Beijing.
2013 July 14, Joyce Lau, Calvin Yang, “University of Macau Moves Over the China Border”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 July 2013, Asia Pacific
Liverpool still have a game in hand but City have made up most of that lost ground and this was a resounding message that they will not be handing over the title.
2023 February 10, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 6-0 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport
(transitive, idiomatic) To deliver (someone to an enemy, police, etc.). examples