Antonyms for handed out

Grammar : Verb

Spell : hand

Phonetic Transcription : hænd

Definition of handed 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 The original Old English plural handa was superseded in Middle English by handen, later hands.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 :

There he handed out Ferry's document and went on rummaging for mine.
Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable

He handed out the key that had given him entrance to his home.
Extract from : « Janet of the Dunes » by Harriet T. Comstock

Say, it was a slick game of talk that Sadie handed out then, for she was playin' for time.
Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford

Valuable parcels have to be handed out in the confusion, and handed in.
Extract from : « Report of the Railway Department of the Board of Trade on the » by Samuel Laing

The day after the graduation, the cards were handed out among the other grades.
Extract from : « Rosemary » by Josephine Lawrence

At last he came to the little books, and handed out the one I wanted.
Extract from : « Jewish Children » by Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich

All rifles and bayonets were handed out and dropped into a muddy ditch.
Extract from : « Two Daring Young Patriots » by W. P. Shervill

When the mail was handed out to her, she looked in astonishment at the amount of it.
Extract from : « The Fighting Shepherdess » by Caroline Lockhart

Twelve slips of paper were handed out, to be indorsed guilty, "for form."
Extract from : « Eli » by Heman White Chaplin

Later on he handed out a fancy yarn what the neches had done to him.
Extract from : « The Heart of Unaga » by Ridgwell Cullum

Synonyms for handed out

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