hand in


verb
  1. (tr, adverb) to return or submit (something, such as an examination paper)

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How to use hand in in a sentence

  • It's my belief you're hand-in-glove with Choo Hoo, for all your tender ways—dear me!

    Wood Magic | Richard Jefferies
  • Side by side on the low sofa, two women, hand-in-hand, had been sobbing out their grief to one another.

    The New Tenant | E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • Hand-in-hand he and Rebecca visited the grave-yard, where slept the remains of her loved parents.

  • It was unmistakably a symptom that something of his old passion for her had been revived; duty and desire ran hand-in-hand.

  • In another minute the greeting of father and son was accomplished, and the two were walking hand-in-hand towards the house.

    Hyacinth | George A. Birmingham