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hand on

British  

verb

  1. (tr, adverb) to pass to the next in a succession

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
hand on Idioms  

  1. Turn over to another, as in When you've read it, please hand it on to Sam. This term can also be used in the sense of “bequeath” (see hand down, def. 1). [Second half of 1800s]

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“If you are Ida or Mary Shelley or many women in the world and you’ve been sort of tamped down and silenced and not able to express everything it is that you wanted or needed to express, it’s like if you’ve had your hand on a geyser. When the geyser finally breaks, it’s going to break with a whole lot of extra energy. And maybe that’s where the exclamation point comes from.”

From Los Angeles Times

With a concerned look on her face, Mama reached over and placed her hand on my forehead.

From Literature

Drumming the fingers of his left hand on the counter, he mumbled to himself, “A half bushel.”

From Literature

I walked to her and placed my hand on her cheek.

From Literature

Finally, I walked up close and put my hand on the trunk.

From Literature

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