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Phrase(s): change hands
[for something] to be sold or passed from owner to owner. (From the "point of view" of the object that is passed on.) • How many times has this lot changed hands in the last ten years? • We built this house in 1970, and it has never changed hands.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Pass from one owner to another. For example, This house seems to change hands every other year, or The contract is valid only when money changes hands. [Second half of 1600s]
American Heritage Idioms