pass down

verb — 2 senses

pass down

verb
1

To hand over, pass through or transfer to a lower level, next generation, etc.

  • In poor families, solid clothes are passed down from elder children to kid siblings, who must wear them out or if they outgrow them pass them down to still younger relatives
2

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pass, down.

Derived terms
pass it down, passdown
Related terms
inherit, hand down

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