Give something over to something/someone meaning
Give something over to something/someone is a phrasal verb that means to transfer the use, care, or responsibility for a person or thing to someone else.
- Past simple
- gave something over to something/
someone - Past participle
- given something over to something/
someone - -ing form
- giving something over to something/
someone
What give something over to something/someone means
B2
To transfer the use, care, or responsibility for a person or thing to someone else
The building was given over to the local community.
Similar phrasal verbs
With give: give back, give away, give in, give out, give up, give onto, give over, give up on, give yourself over to, give off.
With over: run over, take over, go over to, spill over, tick over, change over, do over, get over, go over, hand over.
Common questions
What does give something over to something/someone mean?
To transfer the use, care, or responsibility for a person or thing to someone else.
What is the past tense of give something over to something/someone?
Gave something over to something/someone. The past participle is given something over to something/someone.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
