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handed down

VERB
pass along
Synonyms
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pass on
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bequeath
handed-down
ADJECTIVE
acquired
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accrued bequeathed endowed given granted inherited transmitted
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passed on
Antonyms
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deprived forfeited lost
ADJECTIVE
hereditary
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genetic inborn transmitted
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ancestral bequeathed family genealogical heritable inbred inheritable inherited lineal maternal paternal patrimonial traditional transmissible willed
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acquired
ADJECTIVE
inherited
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STRONG
rooted
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congenital connate genetic in the blood in the genes inborn inbred innate passed down
ADJECTIVE
legendary
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fabled fabulous mythical storied
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allegorical apocryphal created customary doubtful dubious fabricated fanciful figmental imaginary imaginative improbable invented mythological related romantic told traditional unhistoric unhistorical unreal unverifiable
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factual infamous real true unimportant
ADJECTIVE
secondhand
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hand-me-down not new old pre-owned previously owned unnew
ADJECTIVE
time-honored
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accepted conventional traditional
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long-standing respected
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irregular new unconventional unusual

Example Sentences

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The indictment, handed down by a grand jury in Washington, added a fourth charge to the criminal case against Cole Allen.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

On Thursday, a statement from Gallagher said the legal team could confirm a verdict had been handed down that acquitted Shihab-Eldin.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

The battered wooden trunk had been in the family for a century -- shifted from attic to barn to garage as it was handed down through the generations.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Meta and Google both vowed to appeal verdicts that were handed down by civil juries in Los Angeles County and Santa Fe, N.M., brushing off the losses as a bit of bad luck.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

Many had ancient flintlocks, old squirrel guns, handed down for generations.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes