hand back
verb
handed back; handing back; hands back
: to return (something) by handing it to someone
He handed the letter back (to her) without reading it.
The clerk handed back my credit card.
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Investors who bought at or near the pre-lockup peak, when the headlines were strongest and the float was smallest, were generally handed back losses by the time the lockup mechanics played out.
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Joel Shulman, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
But, that would still have left plenty left to do in what would have been effectively two windows either side of the Under-19s Euros, the first lasting six weeks from the play-offs semi-final home leg and the second around four weeks after the stadium has been handed back to Wrexham on July 12.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 14 May 2026
Berrios-Otero then allegedly kissed the child’s head, pulled him closer and put his hand back under the blanket, the warrant affidavits said.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026
The incident between the two took place on March 9 when Arozarena reached down to greet Raleigh in his catcher’s squat at home plate, and Raleigh declined to offer his hand back in a game in which the Americans beat Mexico 5-3.
—ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026
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Joel Shulman, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
But, that would still have left plenty left to do in what would have been effectively two windows either side of the Under-19s Euros, the first lasting six weeks from the play-offs semi-final home leg and the second around four weeks after the stadium has been handed back to Wrexham on July 12.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 14 May 2026
Berrios-Otero then allegedly kissed the child’s head, pulled him closer and put his hand back under the blanket, the warrant affidavits said.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026
The incident between the two took place on March 9 when Arozarena reached down to greet Raleigh in his catcher’s squat at home plate, and Raleigh declined to offer his hand back in a game in which the Americans beat Mexico 5-3.
—ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026
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“Hand back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hand%20back. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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