hand down

hand down
phrasal verb [transitive]
Word forms "hand down":
present tense I/you/we/they hand down he/she/it hands down present participle handing down past tense handed down past participle handed down
1) to give knowledge or skill to someone who is younger than you and will live after you have died

These skills have been handed down from generation to generation.

2) to give clothes, toys etc to a younger child when an older child no longer needs them
3) to say officially that someone should receive a particular punishment

The family believes that the sentence handed down by the judge is too lenient.


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  • hand-down — adj. same as {hand me down}. Syn: hand me down, secondhand, used. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hand down — vt 1: to deliver (the decision or opinion of an appellate court) to the proper office of an inferior court 2: to make an official formulation of and announce (the decision of a court) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • hand down — ► hand down 1) pass (something) on to a successor. 2) announce formally or publicly. Main Entry: ↑hand …   English terms dictionary

  • hand down — v. (D; tr.) to hand down from; to (to hand down a tradition to the next generation; to hand down old clothes from one child to the next) * * * [ hænd daʊn] to (to hand down a tradition to the next generation; to hand down old clothes from one… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • hand down — verb passed on, as by inheritance (Freq. 1) This ring was handed down through many generations • Hypernyms: ↑pass on • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Somebody s something to somebody * * * hand down [phrasal verb …   Useful english dictionary

  • hand down — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you hand down something such as knowledge, a possession, or a skill, you give or leave it to people who belong to a younger generation. [V P n (not pron)] The idea of handing down his knowledge from generation to generation is… …   English dictionary

  • hand down — phr verb Hand down is used with these nouns as the object: ↑indictment, ↑penalty, ↑ruling, ↑sentence, ↑tradition, ↑verdict …   Collocations dictionary

  • hand down (something) — 1. to give something to a younger member of a family. Fewer and fewer small farms are handed down from one generation to the next. My grandfather handed his toy trains down to my father. Usage notes: sometimes said about people who are not… …   New idioms dictionary

  • hand-down — adjective passed on from one person to another not too proud to wear hand me down clothes • Syn: ↑hand me down • Similar to: ↑old • Derivationally related forms: ↑hand me down (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • hand down — Synonyms and related words: abalienate, add a codicil, alien, alienate, amortize, assign, barter, bequeath, cede, confer, consign, convey, deed, deed over, deliver, demise, devise, devolve upon, enfeoff, entail, exchange, execute a will, give,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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