hand over
phrasal verbhand over (to somebody) | hand something over (to somebody)
- to give somebody else your position of power or the responsibility for something
- She resigned and handed over to one of her younger colleagues.
- He handed over his responsibility for the firm last year.
- formally handing over power to the new government
hand something/somebody over (to somebody)
- to give something/somebody officially or formally to another person
- He handed over a cheque for $200 000.
- They handed the weapons over to the police.
- They would simply hand her over to the magistrate as a thief.