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change hands
Idioms and Phrases
Pass from one owner to another. For example, This house seems to change hands every other year , or The contract is valid only when money changes hands . [Second half of 1600s]Example Sentences
While the government of Canada may not have changed hands, the federal election results are anything but business as usual.
The country's prosecution service is often accused of being politicised – and when the government changes hands, it's common for rival politicians to be investigated.
But the big moments were not limited to titles changing hands.
At the top, the lead has only changed hands seven times this season, the lowest of any campaign since 2019-20.
Momentum - and the lead - changed hands again with a two for Scotland in the seventh end, before Switzerland levelled the scores in the following end.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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