handing off
Giving to another
Handing off is transferring responsibility or possession to someone else, typically in a coordinated way.
A runner hands off the baton; a quarterback hands off the football.
In work contexts, you hand off a project when you pass it to a colleague: I'm handing off the client to Sarah before my vacation.
The noun handoff describes this transfer.
Slender rod for leading
- passingMoving by or temporary
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- anchorSecures ships to seabed
- runnerOne who sprints
handover · zone · leg · changeover · sprint · team · race · split
Moving by or temporary
- conveyingTransmitting meaning or information
- relinquishingVoluntarily giving up possession
- cedingFormally surrendering territory or rights
- yieldingBending under pressure
surrendering · forwarding · transference · reassignment · turnover · delivery · submission · release
One who replaces another
- predecessorOne who came first
- heirOne who receives legacy
- transitionChange from one state
- legacyWhat's passed down
continuity · leadership · replacement · passing the torch · outgoing · incoming · tenure · stepping down
Transferring authority to another
- assigningDesignating for a purpose
- taskingAllocating work to someone
- deputizingAppointing a stand-in
- entrustingGiving for safekeeping
empowering · authorizing · appointing · commissioning · briefing · outsourcing · subcontracting · allocation
baton
Slender rod for leading
runner · handover · zone · leg · changeover · sprint · team · race · split · timing
passing
Moving by or temporary
- conveyingTransmitting meaning or information
- relinquishingVoluntarily giving up possession
- cedingFormally surrendering territory or rights
yielding · surrendering · forwarding · transference · reassignment · turnover · delivery · submission · release · dispatch
successor
One who replaces another
- predecessorOne who came first
- heirOne who receives legacy
- transitionChange from one state
legacy · continuity · leadership · replacement · passing the torch · outgoing · incoming · tenure · stepping down · appointment
delegating
Transferring authority to another
- assigningDesignating for a purpose
- taskingAllocating work to someone
- deputizingAppointing a stand-in
entrusting · empowering · authorizing · appointing · commissioning · briefing · outsourcing · subcontracting · allocation · mandate
- delegationdelegating, assigning, entrusting, tasking, deputizing
- transfertransfer, transferring, transference, transmittal, transmitting
- exchangestrading, swap, swapping, barter, bartering
- giving upgive up, giving up, quit, quitting, surrender
- taking turnsalternate, alternating, wait, waiting, rotation
- directing flowchanneling, funneling, directing, routing, piping