Idiom: change hands

Meaning

Idiom: change hands

Yuck! The food is terrible—Is it possible that the restaurant has changed hands since we last ate here?

Did you know that the used book store recently changed hands?
The police are investigating whether or not any money changed hands when the interim president was appointed.
After a day of furious trading, more than a million of the company's shares had changed hands on the stock exchange.
Many of the worlds most famous paintings have changed hands for hundreds of millions of dollars in private sales.
Our firm is about to change hands next month so we need you to submit all outstanding invoices for payment as soon as possible.
The villa changed hands during the Ottoman Empire.
I think the company is about to change hands.
Since this café changed hands, it's had excellent service.