hand over
1. To give or yield someone or something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "hand" and "over." I still have a hard time handing the baby over to the nanny when I leave for work in the morning. When you retire, you'll have to hand over all of your responsibilities to someone else, you know. Can you finish inputting this month's data before you hand the report over to Angelina?
2. To deliver someone into someone else's authority or jurisdiction. A noun or pronoun can be used between "hand" and "over." We can't harbor a criminal—we need to hand him over to the authorities. All we can do is apprehend this guy, then hand him over to the 10th precinct, because they're responsible for this part of the city. Even if she understands, rationally, that her son has committed crimes, he's still her son. She's not just gonna hand him over to the cops.
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