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Hand out meaning

Hand out is a phrasal verb with 3 meanings. One of them is to distribute an item throughout a group, giving one to each member.

Past simple
handed out
Past participle
handed out
-ing form
handing out

What hand out means

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To distribute an item throughout a group, giving one to each member

Volunteers handed out water to the runners.

2 more meanings of hand out are in the Retite app, each with an example and a translation into your language.

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Similar phrasal verbs

With hand: hand in, hand over.

With out: go out, find out, sort out, run out, take out, get out, check out, look out, ask out, carry out.

Common questions

What does hand out mean?

It has 3 meanings. One of them is to distribute an item throughout a group, giving one to each member. The other 2, each with an example and a translation into your language, are in the Retite app.

What is the past tense of hand out?

Handed out, which is also its past participle.

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.

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