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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hand-me-down, hand-downverb

    passed on from one person to another

    "not too proud to wear hand-me-down clothes"

  2. hand downverb

    passed on, as by inheritance

    "This ring was handed down through many generations"

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  1. hand-down

    Hand-down refers to passing on or transmitting something like information, rules, traditions, objects, or responsibilities from one person or generation to another. In legal terminology, a hand-down refers to the action of a court in delivering a decision, judgment, or sentence. The delivered judgment or sentence is often referred to as 'a hand-down'.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hand-down in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hand-down in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of hand-down in a Sentence

  1. Mayor Mike Rawlings:

    Holy smokes, that's the original fingerprints. Could you imagine holding his hand down?

  2. Malik Muhammad Ajmal:

    He wasn't only a juvenile, but he didn't know about the charges framed against him by the military authorities to hand down a death sentence. ... Why have they kept him in detention for so long and under what charges?

  3. John F. Kennedy:

    It is our task in our time and in our generation to hand down undiminished to those who come after us, as was handed down to us by those who went before, the natural wealth and beauty which is ours.

  4. Eric Adams:

    New York Police Department would run rings around( the other candidates). They are masters. If you're a good mayor, you're only here for eight years. I've been here for 30-something years in New York Police Department. Police departments will wait you out, and they know that whatever you hand down, they have to implement. But if you know the system, if you know the crevices, you know how to go and ensure you're getting what you want.

  5. Chrystal Harmes:

    He put one hand down and started walking 'zombie-like' toward the officers.

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