Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun handing_over
1 sense of handing over
Sense 1
passage, handing over -- (the act of passing something to another person)
=> delivery, bringing -- (the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail); "his reluctant delivery of bad news")
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")