Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hand_over

1 sense of handover

Sense 1
handover -- (act of relinquishing property or authority etc; "the handover of occupied territory")
       => relinquishment, relinquishing -- (the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc.)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb hand_over

1 sense of hand over

Sense 1
hand over, fork over, fork out, fork up, turn in, deliver, render -- (to surrender someone or something to another; "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money")
       => pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give -- (place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers")

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