"hand off" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-hand off.ogg [Australia] Forms: hands off [present, singular, third-person], handing off [participle, present], handed off [participle, past], handed off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} hand off (third-person singular simple present hands off, present participle handing off, simple past and past participle handed off)
  1. (American football) to pass (the ball) to a teammate Categories (topical): Football (American)
    Sense id: en-hand_off-en-verb-JwToz9MA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 85 15 Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) to pass or transfer. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Translations (to pass or transfer): delokigi (Esperanto), pasi (Esperanto), siirtää (Finnish), luovuttaa (Finnish), passer (French), transférer (French), passar (Portuguese), transferir (Portuguese), lämna över (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-hand_off-en-verb-TcrgCzJX Disambiguation of 'to pass or transfer': 10 90

Inflected forms

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