Hand over phrase
To give or hand something to someone.
He refused to hand his gun over to the police, thereby leaving them no choice but to shoot him.
Don't forget to hand your papers over to me after class.
To give or delegate your authority or responsibility to someone or something else, so that you no longer have it.
I know you have contributed a lot, but the era is over. You should step down and hand over power to an able person.
She is thinking about handing over the responsibility for caring for her mom to a professional agency.
To offer someone to be captured by someone in authority.
Despite doing heinous things, he's still my brother—I can't just hand him over to the police!
The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor on Sunday urged Sudan’s transitional government to hand over suspects wanted for war crimes and genocide in the Darfur conflict.
The verb "hand" must be conjugated according to its tense.
The origin of this phrase is not clear.
To write something
Yesterday, he put pen to paper and replied to all letters from his fans.