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
Yaroslavyah-rah-SLAHF (Russian)Russian, Ukrainian, Medieval Slavic
Olivetteahl-i-VET (English)Literature
Conchitakon-CHEE-tahSpanish
Warin-Ancient Germanic
CySIEEnglish
JochimYO-khimGerman