change hands

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to pass to a different owner

   The job will officially change hands from outgoing Commissioner James Gordon...

In the movies · 6

• You got a lot of money changing hands in this book.The Untouchables1987
• More than money has changed hands.The Elephant Man1980
• Ownership changed hands recently, but that's another story.The Menu2022
• The job will officially change hands from outgoing Commissioner James Gordon...Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 22013
• The money has changed hands.Eraser1996
• I suspect money changed hands.Speak2004
• Whatever money changes hands is yours.The Usual Suspects1995
• You told me never to change sword handsTroy2004

Learn it in full scenes

• The Menu2022
  • Guests Board the Boat to Hawthorn
  • Tyler Explains Why Chefs Are Artists
  • Slowik Serves the Island Course

From the same entry

• change horses in midstream
• change your mind
• change your tune
• change your ways
• chop and change
• a leopard cannot change its spots
• change places
• change around
• change back
• change back
• change back
• change down