Synonyms for handed over
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : hand |
| Phonetic Transcription : hænd |
Top 10 synonyms for handed over Other synonyms for the word handed over
Définition of handed over
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 The original Old English plural handa was superseded in Middle English by handen, later hands.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 back; release
- The money was handed over to the engine-driver, who sent it off to Mobile.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- When she had handed over her jewels to him, she was left penniless.
- Extract from : « A Zola Dictionary » by J. G. Patterson
- This was the document he had handed over to the actress the night before.
- Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
- And the Witch was handed over the counter in exchange for the tenth part of her value.
- Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair
- I'm not one to believe that the land will be handed over to us without payment.
- Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
- Two boys were taken from the fields and handed over to Smith.
- Extract from : « The Island Mystery » by George A. Birmingham
- “As your honor wills,” said the man, and handed over the money.
- Extract from : « In the Days of Drake » by J. S. Fletcher
- We shall meet Nunez there, and even if we do not, we shall be handed over to the Inquisitors.
- Extract from : « In the Days of Drake » by J. S. Fletcher
- It was handed over to the cathedral chapter on the expulsion of the Jesuits in 1772.
- Extract from : « Portuguese Architecture » by Walter Crum Watson
- Having secured and handed over the prize, Poppy danced off again.
- Extract from : « The Carroll Girls » by Mabel Quiller-Couch
Antonyms for handed over
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