Also means
hand over
Usage Note
überlassen here is inseparable (stress on -lass-) and takes a dative person: jemandem etwas überlassen means to leave a matter or thing to someone's care or decision. The idiom Überlass das mir! means 'leave that to me!'. Its participle is überlassen with no internal ge-.
Examples
"Überlass die Entscheidung mir."
Natural Translation
Leave the decision to me.
Literal Translation
Leave the decision to-me.
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