hand-down
- adjective
- /ˈhændˌdaʊn/
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heredado
Examples
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Popularity is nice, but having a list where quality counts seems as if it would be a hands-down winner in terms of usefulness.
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I don't see CNN, ABC, and CBS crowing that Obama is going to be the hands-down winner.
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This is hands-down my favorite museum in Paris: set in the sculptor's 19th-century mansion and filled with his breathtaking sculptures.
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She inherited a beautiful jewelry box that was a hand-down from her grandmother.
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The children were excited to receive the hand-down clothes from their older cousins.
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After years of using that old tablet, I decided to give it as a hand-down to my younger sibling.
Synonyms
296
2.8
Give something to someone because you have to
266
6.8
To give property or rights to another person
134
2.7
To give something to another person, often information or a message
49
3.6
Give objects, knowledge, or traditions to younger people in your family
48
2.8
Give traditions, stories, or things to younger family members
18
4.9
Give ownership of something to another person by signing papers
7
4.4
Walk a bride to the groom at the start of the wedding
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5.5
To officially give property or rights to someone
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Etymology
The word hand-down comes from the simple act of passing something 'by hand' and 'down' from one person to another, literally hand + down. So a hand-down item is something that was owned before and then given or sold on to someone else.