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hand away

hand away verb: to give up or give away for a price that is too low; to squander.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To give up or give away for a price that is too low; to squander.
    • We have an advantage, you shouldn't just hand it away.

Forms of hand away

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

Questions about hand away

What does hand away mean?
Hand away means to give up or give away for a price that is too low; to squander.
What part of speech is hand away?
Hand away is a verb.
What is the past tense of hand away?
The past tense of hand away is handed away.

Words near hand away in the dictionary

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

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