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Definition of 'hand down' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) hand-me-down, hand-down
passed on from one person to another
"not too proud to wear hand-me-down clothes"

2. (verb) hand down
passed on, as by inheritance
"This ring was handed down through many generations"
Definition of 'hand down' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) hand down
to give sth to a younger family member
a beautiful gold watch that he handed down to his grandson
Translation of 'hand down' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to pass on from one generation to the next
These customs have been handed down from father to son since the Middle Ages.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: oorlewer Arabic flag Arabic: يُنقَل من جيل إلى جيل Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: предавам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: passar Czech flag Czech: předávat German flag German: vererben
Danish flag Danish: videreføre; gå i arv Greek flag Greek: κληροδοτώ Spanish flag Spanish: transmitir, pasar
Estonian flag Estonian: põlvest põlve pärandama Farsi flag Farsi: به ارث گذاشتن Finnish flag Finnish: siirtyä sukupolvelta tois
French flag French: transmettre Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהַעֲבִיר לַדוֹרוֹת הַבּ Hindi flag Hindi: अगली पीढ़ी को सौंपना
Croatian flag Croatian: prenositi (tradiciju) Hungarian flag Hungarian: az utókorra hagy Indonesian flag Indonesian: menurunkan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: láta ganga (frá einni kyn Italian flag Italian: trasmettere, tramandare Japanese flag Japanese: 伝える
Korean flag Korean: 물려주다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: perduoti Latvian flag Latvian: nodot (no paaudzes paaudz
Malay flag Malay: diturunkan Dutch flag Dutch: overdragen, doorgeven Norwegian flag Norwegian: la gå i arv, gi videre
Polish flag Polish: przekazywać (potomności) Persian flag Persian: به ارث گذاشتن Pashto flag Pashto: ا
Portuguese flag Portuguese: transmitir Romanian flag Romanian: a transmite Russian flag Russian: передавать(ся) из поколен
Slovak flag Slovak: odovzdávať Slovenian flag Slovenian: prenesti Serbian flag Serbian: preneti
Swedish flag Swedish: [låta] gå i arv Thai flag Thai: ทิ้งไว้ให้คนรุ่นหลัง Turkish flag Turkish: geçmek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 世代相傳 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: передавати нащадкам Urdu flag Urdu: ایک پیڑھی سے دوسری پیڑھی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: truyền lại Chinese flag Chinese: 把...传下来

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