HAND DOWN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Passed on, as by inheritance

Example:

This ring was handed down through many generations

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "hand down" is one way to...):

pass on (give to or transfer possession of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

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