"pass down" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: passes down [present, singular, third-person], passing down [participle, present], passed down [participle, past], passed down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} pass down (third-person singular simple present passes down, present participle passing down, simple past and past participle passed down)
  1. (transitive) To hand over, pass through or transfer to a lower level, next generation, etc. Tags: transitive Translations (to hand over): doorgeven (Dutch), transmettre (French), passare (Italian), przekazać (Polish), heredar (Spanish), pasar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-pass_down-en-verb-0wpt4kZ5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (down)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for pass down meaning in All languages combined (1.9kB)

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