change hands

English

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Verb

change hands (third-person singular simple present changes hands, present participle changing hands, simple past and past participle changed hands)

(idiomatic) To become the property of someone else; to be bought or sold.
The food got a lot worse after the restaurant changed hands.

Translations

to become the property of someone else.

Chinese:
Mandarin: 易手 (zh) (yìshǒu)
Czech: změnit majitele
Finnish: vaihtaa omistajaa

French: changer de main (fr)
Hungarian: gazdát cserél
Italian: cambiare di mano, cambiare proprietario, cambiare esercente
Spanish: cambiar de manos (es)

See also

change hand

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