Usually means: Passing knowledge or responsibility directly.
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  1. hand on: Merriam-Webster
  2. hand on: Collins English Dictionary
  3. hand-on: Wordnik
  4. hand on: Wiktionary
  5. hand on: Dictionary.com
  6. hand on: TheFreeDictionary.com
  7. hand on: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hand on: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hand on: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hand on: Medical dictionary

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  1. hand on: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hand on)

▸ verb:  To transfer (something) to someone else, especially as a replacement for oneself (such as an official office or duty); to transfer something that was originally given to oneself from someone else.

Similar:
give, hand off, hand in, pass on, assign, hand, turn over, transact, take, attorn, more...

Opposite:
off, release, let go, relinquish

Phrases:
hand on a plate, lay a hand on, Hand on Your Heart, hand on deck, gain upper hand on enemy, more...

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Similar:
give, hand off, hand in, pass on, assign, hand, turn over, transact, take, attorn, more...

Opposite:
off, release, let go, relinquish

Phrases:
hand on a plate, lay a hand on, Hand on Your Heart, hand on deck, gain upper hand on enemy, hit hand on forehead, hand on shoulder, put hand on face, placing hand on cheek, put hand on mouth, more...



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