hand_down (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *hand down*:
VERB	possession	hand down	passed on, as by inheritance / inheritance / inheritance

English > *hand down*: 1 sense > verb 1, possession
Meaning	Passed on, as by inheritance / inheritance / inheritance.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody
Broader	pass on	Give to or transfer possession of
See also	hand	place into the hands or custody of
Spanish	dejar, heredar, legar, transmitir

HyperDic: hand_down