If you hand something on, you give it or transfer it to another person, often someone who replaces you.
The government is criticised for not immediately handing on information about missingfunds. [VERBPARTICLE noun]
His chauffeur-driven car and company mobile phone will be handed on to his successor. [beV-ed P + to]
[Also VP n to n]
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hand on in British English
verb
(tr, adverb)
to pass to the next in a succession
hand on in American English
to pass along; transmit
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Examples of 'hand on' in a sentence
hand on
For a second the room swam in front of David's eyes and he put a hand on the table to steady himself.
Stuart Harrison LOST SUMMER (2002)
Come on, no one's blaming you -' She put a hand on his arm: a personal gesture.
Jon Cleary YESTERDAY'S SHADOW (2002)
She snapped her head forward and sank her teeth into the thick wrist of the hand on her coat.
Mark Burnell CHAMELEON (2002)
Sara kept her hand on the receiver, willing him not to be upset.
Karin Slaughter BLINDSIGHTED (2001)
All related terms of 'hand on'
on hand
If someone or something is on hand , they are near and able to be used if they are needed .
on every hand
on all sides; in all directions
on the one hand
You use on the one hand to introduce the first of two contrasting points, facts , or ways of looking at something. It is always followed later by on the other hand or 'on the other'.
on the other hand
You use on the other hand to introduce the second of two contrasting points, facts , or ways of looking at something.
be waited on hand and foot
to be looked after by someone else who takes care of you in every way and makes you very comfortable
a steady hand on the tiller
a situation in which someone is keeping good control of a situation
hand sth to sb on a plate
If you say that someone has things handed to them on a plate , you disapprove of them because they get good things easily .
hand sth to sb on a platter
If you say that someone has things handed to them on a platter , you disapprove of them because they get good things easily.
hand someone something on a silver platter
to give someone something without them having to work or make an effort to get it
someone can count something on the fingers of one hand
said to mean that there are surprisingly few of the things mentioned