handed down

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الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
Simple past tense and past participle of hand down
hand down
To transmit in succession, as from father to son, or from predecessor to successor

Fables are handed down from age to age.

hand down
To donate (as second hand.)

When my older brother grows out of his clothes, he hands them down to me, which later in turn I hand down to my little brother, if they're not ripped apart by then. We fall over a lot, this family of ours. And grow fast. Either way, my little brother ends up with tonnes of third-hand scruffy clothes. Maybe that's why he gets picked on so much.

hand down
To forward to the proper officer (the decision of a higher court)

The Clerk of the Court of Appeals handed down its decision.

hand down
bequeath, pass on, transmit in succession, will, transfer
hand down
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. The idea of handing down his knowledge from generation to generation is important to McLean. = pass on
hand down
When a particular decision is handed down by someone in authority, it is given by them. Tougher sentences are being handed down these days She is expected soon to hand down a ruling
hand down
passed on, as by inheritance; "This ring was handed down through many generations
hand down
passed on, as by inheritance; "This ring was handed down through many generations"
handed-down
having been passed along from generation to generation; "among Biblical critics a tralatitious interpretation is one received by expositor from expositor
handed down

    الواصلة

    hand·ed Down

    التركية النطق

    händıd daun

    النطق

    /ˈhandəd ˈdoun/ /ˈhændəd ˈdaʊn/
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