English

Verb

hand out ‎(third-person singular simple present hands out, present participle handing out, simple past and past participle handed out)

1. (transitive) to distribute
   • 2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the title of the work):

     Homer’s entrepreneurial spirit proves altogether overly infectious. Homer gives Barney a pep talk when he encounters him dressed up like a baby handing out fliers (Barney in humiliating costumes=always funny) and it isn’t long until Barney has purchased a truck of his own and set up shop as the Plow King.

Usage notes

The object may appear before or after the particle. If the object is a pronoun, then it must be before the particle.

Translations

Phrase

hand out

1. (baseball, slang, 1800s) a player is out