hand over

remettre, transférer

Confier à quelqu’un une chose, son contrôle ou la responsabilité qui l’accompagne.

En anglais simple : To give someone possession of something or responsibility for it.

• Please hand over the keys.
• She handed over the business to her son.
• When will you hand your responsibilities over?

Comment l'utiliser : hand something over to someone (I handed the keys over to the new owner.); hand over to someone (I’ll hand over to my colleague now.)

Synonymes : give, transfer, turn over

Contraires : keep

Expressions courantes : hand over something, hand over control

livrer, remettre

Livrer une personne à la police, à un ennemi ou à une autre autorité.

En anglais simple : To give a person into the control of the police, an enemy, or another authority.

• They handed over the prisoner.
• The soldiers handed him over to local police.
• Will the authorities hand her over for trial?

Comment l'utiliser : hand someone over to someone (They handed the suspect over to the police.)

Synonymes : turn over, surrender

Expressions courantes : hand over someone, hand over prisoners