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hand off

hand off verb: to pass (the ball) to a teammate.

Verb

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

  1. To pass (the ball) to a teammate.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To pass or transfer.
    • Before we hand off the project to him, let's make sure to write some instructions.

Forms of hand off

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

Questions about hand off

What does hand off mean?
Hand off means to pass (the ball) to a teammate.
What part of speech is hand off?
Hand off is a verb.
What is the past tense of hand off?
The past tense of hand off is handed off.

Words near hand off in the dictionary

  1. Hand of Fatima
  2. hand of glory
  3. hand of God
  4. Hand of Mary
  5. Hand of Miriam
  6. hand off
  7. hand on
  8. hand on heart
  9. hand organ
  10. hand organs
  11. hand out

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