"handback" meaning in All languages combined

See handback on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: handbacks [plural]
Etymology: Presumably from the verb hand + back Etymology templates: {{af|en|hand|back}} hand + back Head templates: {{en-noun}} handback (plural handbacks)
  1. The act of handing something back.
    Sense id: en-handback-en-noun-Ff-heMTw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    }
  ],
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        },
        {
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        {
          "ref": "2019 October, Tony Miles, Philip Sherratt, “EMR kicks off new era”, in Modern Railways, page 59:",
          "text": "'Route director Gary Walsh and I will be refreshing the meeting structures and we are already looking much more at passenger issues and areas like late handbacks of possessions.'",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "The act of handing something back."
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        ]
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    }
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    }
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