From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhand something ↔ on phrasal verbGIVEto give something to someone He was accused of handing on government secrets. → hand→ See Verb table
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hand on• Spindle shanks and thick red hands.• The electronics giant added 1 / 4 to 50 1 / 8 as 9. 2 million shares changed hands.• Sarella felt his hand tighten on hers and she leaned against him to reassure him.• His hands were still on his legs.• Culmination, the longed-for moment when a wild bird would cat from his hand or perch on his shoulder, never occurred.• I did not frighten her further by going over to her but lifted my hand and continued on my way.• Stephen felt the softness of the chair beneath him and allowed his hand to linger on the brocade.• His hand closed on the torch he kept there as a safeguard against the house's arbitrary lighting system. 