Antonyms for hand out

Grammar : Verb

Spell : hand

Phonetic Transcription : hænd

Definition of hand out

Origin : Old English hond, hand "hand; side; power, control, possession," from Proto-Germanic *khanduz (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Dutch, German hand, Old Norse hönd, Gothic handus). The original Old English plural handa was superseded in Middle English by handen, later hands.
Meaning "person who does something with his hands" is from 1580s, hence "hired workman" (1630s) and "sailor in a ship's crew" (1660s). Clock and watch sense is from 1570s. Meaning "round of applause" is from 1838. The linear measure of 4 inches (originally 3) is from 1560s, now used only in giving the height of horses. The meaning "playing cards held in one player's hand" is from 1620s; that of "a round at a card game" is from 1620s.
First hand, second hand, etc. (mid-15c.) are from the notion of something being passed down from hand to hand. Out of hand (1590s) is opposite of in hand "under control" (c.1200). Hand over fist (1825) is suggestive of sailors and fishermen hauling in nets. Hand jive is from 1958. To win something hands down (1855) is from horse racing, from a jockey's gesture of letting the reins go loose in an easy victory.
The Two Thousand Guinea Stakes was not the best contested one that it has been our fortune to assist at. ... [T]hey were won by Meteor, with Scott for his rider; who went by the post with his hands down, the easiest of all easy half-lengths. Wiseacre certainly did the best in his power to spoil his position, and Misdeal was at one time a little vexatious. ["The Sportsman," report from April 26, 1840]
To hand it to (someone) "acknowledge someone's ability" is slang from c.1906. Phrase on the one hand ... on the other hand is recorded from 1630s, a figurative use of the physical sense of hand in reference to position on one side or the other side of the body (as in the lefthand side), which goes back to Old English Hands up! as a command from a policeman, robber, etc., is from 1873. Hand-to-mouth is from c.1500. Hand-in-hand attested from c.1500 as "with hands clasped;" figurative sense of "concurrently" recorded from 1570s.

verb give to others

Example sentences :

"How do you do, Mr. Quinn," she said, holding her hand out to him.
Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine

She shuddered, and pointed with her hand out of the window in the direction of the bend.
Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson

Suddenly the marshal was struck on the shoulder by a hand out of the crowd.
Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine

Then he flung a hand out at Rotherby in a gesture of repudiation, of anathema.
Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini

He put his hand out and touched Urquhart's face with the back of it.
Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett

Say, who pays you to come here and hand out that Wall Street stuff?
Extract from : « The Crimson Tide » by Robert W. Chambers

Brunow was just a step in front of us, and I held my hand out openly.
Extract from : « In Direst Peril » by David Christie Murray

She was stretching her hand out to Drury, where he lay unconscious, deep in the clutter.
Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes

Rollo could reach his hand out and almost touch the houses as they rode by.
Extract from : « Rollo in Holland » by Jacob Abbott

He walked with his hat politely in his hand out of the door.
Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht

Synonyms for hand out

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