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hand-off

[hand-awf, -of]
–noun
1. Football.
a. an offensive play in which a player, usually a back, hands the ball to a teammate.
b. the ball itself during the execution of such a transfer: He fumbled the hand-off.
2. Aviation. the condition or period in which control or surveillance of an aircraft is transferred from one control center to another.
Also, handoff.


Origin:
1895–1900; n. use of v. phrase hand off
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