pass down
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pass down (third-person singular simple present passes down, present participle passing down, simple past and past participle passed down)
- (transitive) 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