Word info

pass through the hands

Verb

Meaning

pass through the hands (third-person singular simple present passes through the hands, present participle passing through the hands, simple past and past participle passed through the hands) [+ of (object)]

To be in the temporary possession or control (of).
All job applications pass through the hands of the my secretary.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Facts or opinions which are to pass through the hands of so many, to be misconceived by folly in one, and ignorance in another, can hardly have much truth left. Jane Austen

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