change hands

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change hands

[for something] to be sold or passed from owner to owner. (From the "point of view" of the object that is passed on.) How many times has this lot changed hands in the last ten years? We built this house in 1970, and it has never changed hands.

See also: change, hand

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"It's one thing," he said, "to write under the dictation of a great merchant, conducting a vast correspondence by which thousands of pounds change hands in due course of post. Law and the Lady by Collins, Wilkie View in context The paper is about to change hands, and in three days more will be on our side. Bureaucracy by de Balzac, Honore View in context			chafe chafe at chain chain down chain is no stronger than its weakest link chain of command chain to chain up chair chalk chalk out chalk up chalk up to challenge challenge on challenge to champ champ at the bit chance chance arm chance on Chance would be a fine thing! chances are change change back change hands change horses in midstream change into change mind change of pace change of scenery change off change out of change over change places change places with change tack change the channel change the subject change to change tune change up with the times change ways change with change with the times changed my mind changed your mind? channel channel in channel off chapter			Change Detection Tool change direction Change Directive Change Directory Change Down change dump Change Entry Certification Record Change Estimate Change Evaluation Change Evaluation Board change file Change Filter change for Change for the Better change for the worse change form change form Change Former Order Change Frequency change from higher to lower change from one to another Change from Within Change gear Change gear Change Group Change Guide change hands change horses in midstream change horses in the middle of the Stream Change Identification Number Change Impact Assessment Change Impact Board Change Impact Summary Change Impacts and Adaptation Research Network Change Implementation Board Change Implementation Master Schedule Change Implementation/Assessment Record Change in Accounting Method Change in Accounting Period Change in Bank Control Act Change in Beneficial Owner Change in Business Inventories Change In Design Change in Financial Position Change in Frame Alignment Change in Height for 100 Meters Change in Range Change in Land Use Change in Mental Status change in method Change in momentum Change in momentum Change in momentum Change in momentum Change in Net Assets

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