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hand back

VERB
restore
Synonyms
STRONGEST
replace return
WEAK
put back send back
Antonyms
WEAK
break damage destroy hurt
VERB
return
Synonyms
STRONGEST
give replace restore send
STRONG
bestow convey react rebate reciprocate recompense reestablish refund reimburse reinstate remit render repay requite reseat restitute retaliate transmit
WEAK
carry back make restitution pay back put back reinsert roll back take back thrust back toss back
Antonyms
STRONG
deprive hold keep refuse take
WEAK
ask depart leave pay request

Example Sentences

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This is not to hand back the financial power that they were just given, but rather, it’s for protection and convenience.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

What’s more, cash these companies hand back can cushion the price declines, when it comes to measuring an investment’s total return.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

Customers marched up to the Buffalo Exchange buy counter where an associate would assess them and hand back most of them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

As I push the minute hand back and forth, it feels like I am rewinding time, back to the early 1960s when the portrait was made, then fast-forwarding it to now.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2025

She reached forward, then drew her hand back.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman