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
Aurelia[ɔ:'ri:ljə]
EemilE:-meelFinnish
DaleDAY-əl, DAYLEnglish
Klaudija-Croatian
HenryHEN-reeEnglish
JosefYO-zef (German)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Czech