Idiom
change hands
Meaning
To become the property of someone else; to be bought or sold.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“This old house will change hands next month.”
“The famous painting has changed hands many times since it was first sold in the nineteenth century.”
“As the family estate prepared to change hands after decades of ownership, the heirs carefully cataloged every antique to ensure nothing was lost during the transition.”
Examples
simple
“This old house will change hands next month.”
contextual
“The famous painting has changed hands many times since it was first sold in the nineteenth century.”
complex
“As the family estate prepared to change hands after decades of ownership, the heirs carefully cataloged every antique to ensure nothing was lost during the transition.”
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