deliver
de·li·ver
verb
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hand over to the authorities of another country
- “They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there”
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- “deliver an attack”
- “deliver a blow”
- “The boxer drove home a solid left”
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relinquish possession or control over
- “The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in”
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Origin
From Middle English deliveren, from Anglo-Norman and Old French delivrer, from Latin dē + līberō (“to set free”). Compare typologically dispatch, analyzable as dis- + impeach, from Latin impedicō (also akin to impede).
Phrases
- deliver over into
- deliver over to
- deliver the goods
- deliver the message to Garcia
- deliver up
- deliver up to
- hand deliver
- stand and deliver
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