Idioms

hand off to (someone)

hand off to (someone)

1. verb Of the quarterback in football, to hand the ball to another offensive player. A noun or pronoun can be used between "hand" and "off." The quarterback handed the ball off to his teammate. Wow, with multiple defenders closing in on him, the quarterback somehow still hands the ball off to the tight end! Well, the quarterback did successfully hand off the ball to his receiver—that fool just promptly dropped it
2. verb To give something to someone else to do or work on. A noun or pronoun can be used between "hand" and "off." You should hand off that boring printing project to the interns. I'm positive that I handed off those documents to Martha earlier in the week so she could notarize them. Once you guys are done signing Elaine's birthday card, hand it off to the Benefits team.
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