change hands

change hands
verb
be transferred to another owner
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This restaurant changed hands twice last year

Syn: ↑change owners
Hypernyms: ↑move, ↑displace
Hyponyms: ↑vest, ↑fall, ↑return, ↑pass, ↑devolve, ↑accrue
Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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(of a business or building) pass to a different owner
(of money or a marketable commodity) pass to another person during a business transaction

no money has changed hands

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change hands
: to go from one owner to another

The property has changed hands many times in recent decades. [=the property has been sold many times]

The restaurant recently changed hands. [=the restaurant was recently bought by a new owner]

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Main Entry:change
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change hands — see change, 1
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Main Entry:hand

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change ˈhands idiom
to pass to a different owner

The house has changed hands several times.

Main entry:changeidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • change hands — change ownership, be passed between people …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • change\ hands — v. phr. To change or transfer ownership. Ever since our apartment building changed hands, things are working a lot better …   Словарь американских идиом

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