Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - hand down
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Hand down
hand down
transitive verb Date: 1685 1. to transmit in succession (as from father to son) 2. to make official formulation of and express (the opinion of a court)
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1. подавать сверху to hand down plates from the shelf —- снять тарелки с полки 2. помочь сойти вниз 3. передавать to hand down a custom from generation to generation —- передавать обычай из поколения в поколение to hand down a legend —- передавать из уст в уста our freedom has been handed down to us by our father —- отцы завоевали для нас свободу 4. объявлять, опубликовывать (решение и т. п.) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. If you hand down something such as knowledge, a possession, or a skill, you give or leave it to people who belong to a younger generation. The idea of handing down his knowledge from generation to generation is important to McLean. = pass on PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P 2. When a particular decision is handed down by someone in authority, it is given by them. (JOURNALISM) Tougher sentences are being handed down these days... She is expected soon to hand down a ruling. PHRASAL VERB: be V-ed P, V P n (not pron), also V n P ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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{v.} To arrange to give or leave after, death. * /Joe will have his father's gold watch because it is handed down in the family./ * /In old times, property was usually handed down to the oldest son at his father's death./ Compare: PASS ON. ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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