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handing over

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Noun1.handing overhanding over - the act of passing something to another person
bringing, delivery - the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail); "his reluctant delivery of bad news"
relay - the act of passing something along from one person or group to another; "the relay was successful"


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The miserable body which that frightful swarm of saws, wheels, and racks were about to clasp in their clutches, the being who was about to be manipulated by the harsh hands of executioners and pincers, was that gentle, white, fragile creature, a poor grain of millet which human justice was handing over to the terrible mills of torture to grind.
Here it is,' said Fogg, handing over a square book, with a parchment cover.
Our friends are only human, after all, and it's merely a question of handing over to them sufficient spoil.
 
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