Buck
Buck verb - To shift possession of (something) from one person to another.
Usage example: buck each box to the next person in line, and the last person will stack them in the storeroom
Hand
Hand verb - To shift possession of (something) from one person to another.
Usage example: the clerk handed her the receipt
Common collocations
| control | buck control | hand control |
Both words in one sentence
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You better have a buck or twenty on hand to buy some "diamonds" from the cash shop, or else it's back to the start with you.
- The girl from the Xerox place buck naked (holds up one hand), or, or a big tub of jam.
Source: Sadistic Choice / Live-Action TV - Buck Godot: PSmIth: After Buck is obliged to hand over the MacGuffin he was hired to guard, he reveals that he had a copy made and it was the copy he handed over.
Source: Fakin' MacGuffin
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