"hand it to someone" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-hand it to someone.ogg [Australia] Forms: hands it to someone [present, singular, third-person], handing it to someone [participle, present], handed it to someone [participle, past], handed it to someone [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} hand it to someone (third-person singular simple present hands it to someone, present participle handing it to someone, simple past and past participle handed it to someone)
  1. (idiomatic) To give somebody credit or praise. Tags: idiomatic Translations (give somebody credit or praise): 稱讚 (Chinese Mandarin), 称赞 (chēngzàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 讚揚 (Chinese Mandarin), 赞扬 (zànyáng) (Chinese Mandarin), antaa kiitos (Finnish)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for hand it to someone meaning in English (2.2kB)

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