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change hands

verb as in be transferred

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After only being on the Principality Stadium field for four minutes, Evans slotted over the penalty to complete a second half in which the lead changed hands six times.

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There was no need on either side—long or short—for cash to change hands.

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Since its legal troubles began, the company has struggled financially and changed hands a few times.

They have to work with whoever is in control in their area, and have become targets when territory changes hands, because they are sometimes seen by both sides as collaborating with the other party.

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Discovery’s board, including Zaslav, voted unanimously to reject Paramount’s offers and instead opened the auction to other bidders, which is expected to lead to the firm changing hands for the third time in a decade.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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