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HAND DOWN
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
This ring was handed down through many generations
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "hand down" is one way to...):
pass on (give to or transfer possession of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody