hand off

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hand something off (to someone)

1. Lit. to give a football directly to another player. Roger handed the ball off to Jeff. He handed off the ball. Tim handed it off.

2. Fig. to give something to someone else to do or complete. I'm going to hand this assignment off to Jeff. Don't hand off your dirty work to me—do it yourself!

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Killed and hoisted on deck for the sake of his skin, one of these sharks almost took poor Queequeg's hand off, when he tried to shut down the dead lid of his murderous jaw. Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context I'd rather cut my right hand off than do it for myself, but I've--someone else to think about, and if I'm hammered, I'm done for. The Malefactor by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context He raised his hand off the blanket just enough to make a sign that he didn't want to be touched. The Arrow of Gold by Conrad, Joseph View in context			halt halves ham ham it up ham up ham-fisted hammer hammer at hammer down hammer home hammer into hammer into and pound into hammer on hammer onto hammer out hancock hand hand around hand back hand down hand down from to hand in hand in glove hand in hand Hand it over hand off hand on hand out hand over hand over fist hand over hand hand over the baton hand over the reins hand to hand up handbasket handed handful handle handle with kid gloves handling hands are tied hands down Hands off! Hands up! Handsome is as handsome does handwriting hang hang a few on hang a huey hang a left			hand mating hand mating hand mating hand mating hand milking hand milking hand milking hand milking hand mirror hand mirror hand mirror hand mirror Hand Mirror Cell Hand Mirror Cell Leukemia Hand money Hand Money Over Hand Motion Hand Movements hand mower Hand of Blessed Light Hand of Conviction Hand of God Hand of God Ministries Inc. Hand of Justice Hand of Nod Hand of Party or Another Hand of Party or Another Hand of Party or Another Hand of Party or Another Hand of Virtue hand off Hand Off Accept Hand Off Propose hand on hand on hand on hand on hand on hand organ hand organ Hand Orthosis Hand Osteoarthritis hand out hand out hand out hand out hand out hand out again hand over hand over hand over hand over hand over hand over hand over fist hand over fist hand over fist hand over fist hand over fist Hand Over Fist EP Hand Over Hand

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