Devolve and Hand

Devolve

Devolve verb - To become worse or of less value.

Hand and devolve are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hand" instead a verb "Devolve".

Nearby Words: devolution, devolving

Hand

Hand verb - To put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption.

Devolve and hand are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Devolve" instead a verb "Hand".

Nearby Words: handle, handy, handed, handful, handhold

Common collocations

responsibility devolve responsibility hand responsibility
time devolve time hand time

Both words in one sentence

  • Yin-Yang Bomb He could "evolve" things with one hand and devolve them with another.
    Source: Yin-Yang Bomb
  • A-Team Firing Many of the fights devolve into hand to hand combat, and any stand off is solved just by either side having an extra gun pointed at the rest.
    Source: A-Team Firing
  • Hurricane of Puns In the last season of Beakman's World (the one with Phoebe), most segments would devolve into at least one example on the subject matter at hand.
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