hand back

phrasal verb

handed back; handing back; hands back

: to return (something) by handing it to someone

He handed the letter back (to her) without reading it.

The clerk handed back my credit card.

Examples of hand back in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Amid Ceasefire Standoff Begin had signed the Camp David accords, which handed back Sinai to Egypt after it had been captured by Israel in the 1967 Middle East War and was then the scene of the 1973 war, in which Egyptian forces made major advances before being forced back. —Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025

After continuing his monologue, Stewart lifted his hand back above the desk a few minutes later and revealed that it was covered in blood. —Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025

But that’s where its momentum stopped, as the Bruins were forced to hand back the Victory Bell to USC. —Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2024

In court documents, police said Herring reported the store owner had pointed a gun at the group and said the passenger had handed back the items. —Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2025

Rhymes for hand back

• aback
• anzac
• attack
• backpack
• backtrack
• bareback
• blackjack
• brownback
• buyback
• callback
• cognac
• comeback