Synonyms for hand down
hand down

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1. hand-me-down, hand-downverb

   passed on from one person to another

   "not too proud to wear hand-me-down clothes"

   Synonyms:
   hand-me-down, hand-down

   Antonyms:
   new

2. hand downverb

   passed on, as by inheritance

   "This ring was handed down through many generations"

   Antonyms:
   new

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1. hand down

   Synonyms:
   transmit in succession

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1. hand down

   Synonyms:
   transmit (in succession)

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1. Emma Daly:

   He stopped, looked at me, and instead of answering my question, just reached forward with his hand, touched my chest and then pulled his hand down between my breasts and said 'You're not wearing a bra,' or words to that effect, and then moved on, i was left completely stunned, and the only thing I could say was, 'Yes I am.'.

2. John F. Kennedy:

   It is our task in our time and in our generation to hand down undiminished to those who come after us, as was handed down to us by those who went before, the natural wealth and beauty which is ours.

3. Chrystal Harmes:

   He put one hand down and started walking 'zombie-like' toward the officers.

4. Malik Muhammad Ajmal:

   He wasn't only a juvenile, but he didn't know about the charges framed against him by the military authorities to hand down a death sentence. ... Why have they kept him in detention for so long and under what charges?

5. Queen Constance:

   Behind every successful man must be a very successful, staunch woman, our tradition has it that when you are king, the elderly wives remain to hand down the tradition to the younger wives, and also to teach the king the tradition because the king had been a prince, not a king.