Word.ws English Dictionary

handed off

handed off is the simple past and past participle of hand off.

Meaning of hand off

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.

Questions about handed off

What is handed off the simple past and past participle of?
Handed off is the simple past and past participle of hand off.

Words near handed off in the dictionary

  1. handed in one's checks
  2. handed in one's dinner pail
  3. handed it out
  4. handed it to
  5. handed it to someone
  6. handed off
  7. handed on
  8. handed out
  9. handed round
  10. handed someone his hat
  11. handed someone their cards

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: handed off (page history and authors); hand off (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “handed off.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/handed_off. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.