Extend
Extend verb - To make longer.
Hand
Hand verb - To put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The minions of Diamanda Hagan hold their left hand up, extend the thumb, touch it with their other thumb and point their right hand down.
Source: Strange Salute - Compare with Fountain of Youth, which regresses one's biological age to a younger stage rather than extend one's maximum lifespan (which does not necessarily go hand in hand with this trope).
Source: Longevity Treatment -
The man who is the closest thing he had to a father tries to extend his hand to him, but Ethan declines and says "Sorry pa, not this time."
Source: Disney Villain Death
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