All hand it to synonyms

verb hand it to

• build up — If you build up something or if it builds up, it gradually becomes bigger, for example because more is added to it.
• pat on the back — to strike lightly or gently with something flat, as with a paddle or the palm of the hand, usually in order to flatten, smooth, or shape: to pat dough into flat pastry forms.
• gold star — a gold-colored star displayed, as on a service flag, to indicate that a member of one's family, organization, or the like, was killed in war as a member of the armed forces.
• butter up — If someone butters you up, they try to please you because they want you to help or support them.
• panegyrize — to deliver or write a panegyric about; eulogize.
• make much of — great in quantity, measure, or degree: too much cake.
• roose — to flatter or praise
• cry up — to praise highly; extol