To hand round the hat for him?

[rumba]

Test No. incompl/advan-41 "Talking through his hat", question 9

In view of the special efforts our coach driver has made today, I think it would be nice to ......... round the hat for him.

(a) offer
(b) give
(c) place
(d) hand

Test No. incompl/advan-41 "Talking through his hat", answer 9

In view of the special efforts our coach driver has made today, I think it would be nice to hand round the hat for him.

Correct answer: (d) hand

Your answer was: incorrect
In view of the special efforts our coach driver has made today, I think it would be nice to offer round the hat for him.
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What does it mean? hand round the hat

[Alan]

Hand round the hat means collect money for someone to give them a tip.
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