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
Aldis['ɔ:ldis]
GylesJIELZ, JIE-əlzEnglish (Rare)
Gunni-Ancient Scandinavian
Desdemonadez-də-MON-ə (English)Literature
CÉLestese-LESTFrench
StephanySTEF-ə-neeEnglish