hand down from to



hand something down from someone to someone

to pass something down through many generations. I hope we can make it a tradition to hand this down from generation to generation. My descendants will hand down this watch from generation to generation.
See also: down, hand

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
&Thorn;ÓRgeirr-Ancient Scandinavian
Behrooz-Persian
'Avima'el-Biblical Hebrew
Elanor-Literature
LÉAn-Irish
Ankita-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali