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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hand-me-down, hand-downverb

    passed on from one person to another

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

  2. hand downverb

    passed on, as by inheritance

    "This ring was handed down through many generations"

Wiktionary

  1. hand downverb

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

  2. hand downverb

    To deliver (the decision of a court, etc.)

  3. hand downverb

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

  4. hand downverb

    To donate (as second hand.)

ChatGPT

  1. hand down

    To hand down is a phrase which generally means to give or pass something valuable, especially knowledge or tradition, to the next generation or younger individuals. It can also refer to a decision or judgment delivered by an authority, such as a court.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hand down in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hand down in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of hand down in a Sentence

  1. 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?

  2. 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.

  3. Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams:

    New York Police would run rings around( the other candidates). They are masters, and they know that whatever you hand down, they have to implement. But if you know the system, if you know the crevices, you know how to go and ensure you're getting what you want.

  4. Eric Adams:

    New York Police Department would run rings around( the other candidates). They are masters. If you're a good mayor, you're only here for eight years. I've been here for 30-something years in New York Police Department. Police departments will wait you out, and they know that whatever you hand down, they have to implement. But if you know the system, if you know the crevices, you know how to go and ensure you're getting what you want.

  5. 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.


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