change_hands (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *change hands*:
VERB	possession	change hands, change owners	be transferred to another owner

English > *change hands*: 1 sense > verb 1, possession
Meaning	Be transferred to another owner.
Pattern	Something ----s
Synonym	change owners
Caused by	transfer	Cause to change ownership
Entailed by	fetch, bring in, bring	Be sold for a certain price
Narrower	accrue, fall	Come into the possession of
	fall, return, pass, devolve	Be inherited by
	vest	Become legally vested
Broader	move, displace	Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

HyperDic: change_hands