release to

release (someone or something) to (one)

1. To turn custody of someone or something over to another person. The police were instructed to release the prisoner to his family. They impounded my car for a parking violation. I'm just waiting for them to release it to me.
2. To allow or grant access to someone or something to another person. The government said it is finally willing to release the unredacted report to the press. The bank said they would release the funds to me as soon as they could verify the authenticity of the transaction with the other bank. They've been keeping the actor's identity a secret, planning to release him to the world at the film's premiere.
See also: release
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

release someone to someone

to discharge or distribute someone to someone. The judge released the defendant to his mother. Don was released by the police to his father, who was more than a little bit angry.
See also: release
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • release (someone or something) to (one)
  • custody
  • in (someone's or something's) custody
  • in custody
  • place (someone or something) before (someone or something)
  • place before
  • set (someone or something) before (someone or something)
  • set before
  • in (the) custody of (someone or something)
  • bargain for (someone or something) with (someone)
References in classic literature
I had by many letters and much importunity, and with the intercession of my mother too, had a second return of some goods from my brother (as I now call him) in Virginia, to make up the damage of the cargo I brought away with me, and this too was upon the condition of my sealing a general release to him, and to send it him by his correspondent at Bristol, which, though I thought hard of, yet I was obliged to promise to do.
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders
After dismal PSDP releases scenario the government has directed the Ministry of planning to grant release to the funds allocation without following the Project Monitoring and Evaluation System (PMES), the source added.Project Monitoring and Evaluation System (PMES) is a system for PSDP projects information management.
FEC releases of PSDP reach 121pc of total allocation
Again, right after you transfer the weight fully to your back muscles from your arms, get your hand in the proper position on the release to produce a surprise shot.
The key to accuracy part 4: bark-tension training
Crodamide lubricants impart slip, antiblock, and mold release to polyolefins, PS, PVC, nylon, ABS and specialty engineering resins.
Lubricants and processing aids
Lee says sending your press release to online publications may be preferable to sending it to newspapers and magazines or television and radio outlets because Websites tend to post information faster than printed publications, and the information may be available for a longer period of time--weeks, months, or even years after it is first posted.
Read all about it: extra, extra! Here's how to turn your company's news into everyone's business
In addition, better application techniques and easy release have also reduced the incidence of transfer of the release to molded parts, it was noted.
Mold release
(10) Among the items to consider is a body charged with controlling the actions of inmates after release, as well as monitoring their behavior prior to release to ensure that they have received the tools to become successful when they return to free society.
Offender reentry: a returning or reformed criminal?
Similarly, FedEx Corp., a Standard & Poors 500 company, has earned praise for disclosing cash flow statements in quarterly earnings announcements and for narrowing the gap between its 10-Q and earnings release to a few days through internal reporting efficiencies.
In an era of full disclosure, what about cash? Given the ever-mounting investor interest in cash flows, companies should be making a concerted effort to provide such information in their quarterly earnings releases
Some families had to pay an up-front fee, other prisoners pledged a proportion of their wages after release to pay their debts.
Managing mercy: African Americans, parole and paternalism in the Georgia prison system 1919-1945
"Rip" tells our lineman to zone-block the right side, and gives the back on that side a free release to get into the pattern.
Dropback passing: patterns, routes, protection
And, if you need to direct your video news release to special markets, tape is really the only practical answer.
Suffering from video technophobia?
After you've reached the click, you know it only takes a very small movement of the handle to cause the release to fire.
The key to accuracy part 3: back-tension mechanics
SPMRAs are designed to enable more than one release to be obtained per release agent application and to provide minimal transfer of the release coating to the polymer.
Water-based SPMRAs: Improved productivity, quality and environmentally safe
"You need $4 million or $5 million to do 400-600 prints for a wide release to make commercial independent films successful."
Film Noir
In the reverse technique, the right leg may shift to the front after release to brake the forward motion.
Special delivery drills for the shot put & discus