Idiom
trade hands
Meaning
To change ownership.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“This old house will soon trade hands.”
“The famous painting is expected to trade hands at the auction later this evening.”
“After decades of remaining within the same family, the historic estate finally traded hands following the patriarch's passing.”
Examples
simple
“This old house will soon trade hands.”
contextual
“The famous painting is expected to trade hands at the auction later this evening.”
complex
“After decades of remaining within the same family, the historic estate finally traded hands following the patriarch's passing.”
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