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Hand down

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Verb
  1. 1
    To transmit in succession, as from father to son, or from predecessor to successor.

    "Fables are handed down from age to age."

  2. 2
    passed on, as by inheritance wordnet
  3. 3
    To deliver (the decision of a court, etc.)

    "The jury handed down a verdict of guilty."

  4. 4
    To forward to the proper officer (the decision of a higher court).

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

  5. 5
    To donate (as second hand.) idiomatic

    "When my older brother grows out of his clothes, he hands them down to me."

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