relinquish to (someone or something)
relinquish to (someone or something)
To surrender, forfeit, or yield one's control or possession of something to someone or some group or organization. A noun or pronoun can be used between "relinquish" and "to." The land that I relinquished to my younger brother is now worth nearly $2 million for the oil deposits beneath it. They're making me relinquish the house to the bank because my ex-husband didn't keep up the mortgage payments. She refused to relinquish control over the company to someone who wasn't in the family.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
relinquish something to someone or something
to surrender something to someone or something. Todd refused to relinquish his authority to anyone. I finally relinquished the car to the bank.
See also: relinquish
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- involve with
- involve with (someone or something)
- involved with
- identify with
- not do (someone or oneself) any favors
- rescue from
- rescue from (someone or something)
- attune to
- ask back
- orient to (something)