| 词组 | hand back |
| 释义 | hand back 1. hand back sth • hand sth back to give something that you are holding back to someone after they have given it to you: ▪ She handed back the money and told him she didn't want it. + to ▪ The customs officer looked at his passport and handed it back to him. hand sb back sth (=hand it back to them) ▪ He asked Wainright to hand him back his piece of paper. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑give back, ↑return formal 2. hand back sth • hand sth back to give something back to the person, organization, country etc that owns it, or that used to own it: ▪ Japan wants Russia to hand back the islands, which were occupied at the end of World War Two. + to ▪ Britain handed Hong Kong back to China in 1997. hand sb back sth (=hand it back to them) ▪ Jewish families are trying to persuade Swiss banks to hand them back some of the money that was taken from them during the War. 3. hand back sb • hand sb back to give someone such as a prisoner or a child back, for example to the country or family that they come from: ▪ Chile wants Britain to hand back Pinochet, so that he can be tried in his own country. + to ▪ Thousands of Cossacks were handed back to the Communists, only to be shot or put in prison as soon as they arrived home.. 4. hand you back to sb especially BrE spoken used by television reporters at the end of their report, to say that the programme is going back to the person who was speaking before: ▪ This is Jon Snow in Washington, handing you back to Trevor McDonald. |
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