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RELATED WORDS : at hand back down bargain down batten down bear down bear down on bear down upon beat down bed down belt down big hand black hand bloody hand blow down bog down boil down bolt down bow down bow hand bowed down break down bridge hand bring down broken down brush down buckle down bunk down burn down by hand call down calm down camp down cascade down cash in hand cast down choke down chop down clamp down clamp down on climb down close at hand close down come down come down on come to hand cool down count down crack down crack down on cut down dash down dead hand dead hand of the past deep down die down doss down down down at the heel down easter down feather down in the mouth down pat down payment down quark down syndrome down the drain down the stairs down town down under drag down dress down dressing down drink down drop down duck down dwindle down ebb down elder hand eldest hand face down fall down field hand fight down flag down flap down flump down flush down free hand freeze down garbage down get down give a hand glad hand go down go down on goose down grind down gun down hampshire down hand hand and foot hand and glove hand ax hand axe hand blower hand brake hand by a hair hand calculator hand cheese hand clapping hand clasp hand cream hand drill hand fern hand glass hand grenade hand in hand in glove hand in hand hand job hand line hand lotion hand luggage hand mirror hand mower hand on hand organ hand out hand over hand over fist hand pump hand puppet hand saw hand shovel hand throttle hand to hand hand to mouth hand tool hand towel hand truck hand wear handed down hands down hanging down have down have in hand heavy hand helping hand hired hand hold down hoot down hose down hour hand hunker down hunkered down hunt down in hand iron hand john l. h. down jot down jumping up and down keep down kick down kip down knock down knuckle down lay down lay down the law left hand lend a hand let down letting down lie down little hand live down load down loaded down lone hand look down on look down upon low down mark down melt down minute hand mow down nail down narrow down note of hand old hand on hand on one hand on the one hand on the other hand out of hand pare down peg down pin down pipe down place down plank down play down plonk down plump down plunk down poker hand pour down press down press down on pull down push down put down quiet down rain down ram down ranch hand ratchet down rattle down ready to hand red hand defenders remain down right hand right hand man roll down rope down round down round hand rub down run down running hand sag down scale down second hand section hand send down set down settle down shake down shoot down shout down shower down shut down simmer down sit down sit down strike sit down with sleek down sleight of hand slick down slide down slim down slow down slowing down sluice down split down sponge down stamp down stand down stare down steady down step down stepping down strike down strip down swan's down sweep hand swill down swoop down upon take down take lying down talk down tamp down tear down tearing down text hand throw down thumbs down tie down tone down toned down touch down track down tramp down tread down trim down tune down turn down turn thumbs down turn upside down up and down upper hand upside down vote down wash down water down watered down wear down weigh down weighed down weight down weighted down whack down whip hand whittle down wolf down write down written down

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb hand down has 1 sense

• hand down(v = verb.possession) Array - passed on, as by inheritance; "This ring was handed down through many generations"
is one way to pass on
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

THESAURUS

hand down

abalienate, add a codicil, alien, alienate, amortize, assign, barter, bequeath, cede, confer, consign, convey, deed, deed over, deliver, demise, devise, devolve upon, enfeoff, entail, exchange, execute a will, give, give title to, hand, hand on, hand over, leave, make a bequest, make a will, make over, negotiate, pass, pass on, pass over, sell, settle, settle on, sign away, sign over, surrender, trade, transfer, transmit, turn over, will, will and bequeath, will to

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hand down

Transfer

VB transfer, convey, alienate, alien, assign, grant, consign, make over, hand over, pass, hand, transmit, negotiate, hand down, exchange, change hands, change hands from one to another, devolve, succeed, come into possession, abalienate, disinherit, dispossess, substitute.

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