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hand around

hand around verb: to distribute something by having one person hand it to another so it spreads through the group.

Verb

hand around (third-person singular simple present hands around, present participle handing around, simple past and past participle handed around)

  1. (transitive) To distribute something by having one person hand it to another so it spreads through the group.

Forms of hand around

third-person singular presenthands around
present participlehanding around
past participlehanded around
pasthanded around

Questions about hand around

What does hand around mean?
Hand around means to distribute something by having one person hand it to another so it spreads through the group.
What part of speech is hand around?
Hand around is a verb.
What is the past tense of hand around?
The past tense of hand around is handed around.

Words near hand around in the dictionary

  1. hand alphabets
  2. hand and foot
  3. hand and glove
  4. hand antiseptic
  5. hand antiseptics
  6. hand around
  7. hand away
  8. hand ax
  9. hand axe
  10. hand axes
  11. hand back

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