hand back
Example Sentences
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He has recently had to hand back a third pub to the brewery because he could no longer afford to it.
From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2026
But on Sunday military chief Min Aung Hlaing -- who has ruled by diktat for the past five years -- said the armed forces could be trusted to hand back power to a civilian-led government.
From Barron's ● Dec. 29, 2025
Customers marched up to the Buffalo Exchange buy counter where an associate would assess them and hand back most of them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
As I push the minute hand back and forth, it feels like I am rewinding time, back to the early 1960s when the portrait was made, then fast-forwarding it to now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2025
She squeezes my hand back, her eyes trained on a spot on the floor in front of us.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
