hand sth around
UK also hand round— phrasal verb with hand uk/hænd/us/hænd/verb [ T ]
to pass or offer something to all the people in a group:
Adam, could you hand around the cookies?
More examples
- Could you hand these worksheets around, please? There should be enough for everyone.
- He handed round a plate of tiny sandwiches, daintily arranged in rings.
- We children used to enjoy handing around the food at parties.
- The teacher handed around a clipboard and asked us all to write our names on the sheet.
- He didn't hand the chocolates around, he just sat and ate them himself!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Giving, providing and supplying
- accommodate
- accord
- administer
- administration
- assignment
- award
- deliver
- go round (somewhere)
- hand sth back
- hand sth in
- hand sth out
- hand sth over
- invest
- lay
- spare
- step
- step forward
- supplier
- supply
- supply chain
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