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hand in

verb
  1. To give something to a responsible person. (transitive) · I found a wallet on the street, so I handed it in to the police.
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She felt that she was dozing off, and had just begun to dream that she was walking hand in hand with Dinah, and saying to her very earnestly, “Now, Dinah, tell me the truth: did you ever eat a bat?” when suddenly, thump!
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 4 · B2
Alice had no idea what to do, and in despair she put her hand in her pocket, and pulled out a box of comfits, (luckily the salt water had not got into it), and handed them round as prizes.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 18 · B2
After these came the royal children; there were ten of them, and the little dears came jumping merrily along hand in hand, in couples: they were all ornamented with hearts.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 59 · B2
Something warm and pleasant welled up in Marilla’s heart at touch of that thin little hand in her own--a throb of the maternity she had missed, perhaps.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 79 · C1

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