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
EleanorEL-ə-nawrEnglish
Trefor-Welsh
Harding['ha:diŋ]
ShawndaSHAWN-dəEnglish
Gbemisola-Western African, Yoruba
Laurindalə-RIN-dəEnglish (Rare)