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
Maquinna-Native American, Nuu-chah-nulth
Zhaklina-Macedonian, Bulgarian
Mikaere-Maori
Roger['rɔdʒə]
Malai-Thai
Hengist-Ancient Germanic