hand back
Example Sentences
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Whether buying equity or spending directly, the capital investment remains tied up driving core growth and isn’t available to hand back to shareholders or creditors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The latest round of talks in Rome ended without a breakthrough, as Israel resisted Lebanese requests to hand back more villages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Britain indicated Saturday it would shelve plans to hand back the Chagos Islands -- which hosts a strategic US-UK military base -- after US President Donald Trump strongly criticised the deal.
From Barron's ● Apr. 11, 2026
He has recently had to hand back a third pub to the brewery because he could no longer afford to it.
From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2026
Then, worried that I had hurt his feelings, I reached over the table to pat his hand, and he pulled his hand back and dropped both of his hands into his lap.
From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg
