change hands
if property changes hands, it starts to belong to someone else

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change hands
to be moved from one owner to another.
Today a record number of shares changed hands on the stock market.

Over two centuries, this beautiful city on the border between the two countries changed hands at least four times.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

change hands
to be sold or given to someone else; to be transferred from one person to another
The small corner store has changed hands many times recently.

The small business changed hands many times during the last several years.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

change hands
v. phr. To change or transfer ownership.
Ever since our apartment building changed hands, things are working a lot better.

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