hand down

verb

1. to leave to a later period or generation; bequeath
2. to pass (an outgrown garment) on from one member of a family to a younger one
3. law to announce or deliver (a verdict)

Example Sentences

Then, she puts her hand down his pants and whispers, “Meet me in the restroom in sixty seconds.”

From The Daily Beast

Tip: slamming your hand down just before you land makes the fall sound way more dramatic.

From The Daily Beast

In normal places you keep your hand on top of the stick and in the low places you slide your hand down into the hollow.

From The Daily Beast

If so, how will a judge decide which of the prescribed punishments to hand down to Trivedi?

From The Daily Beast

The detective said privately that he did not expect the grand jury to hand down an indictment.

From The Daily Beast

When I had read it, slowly, for his benefit, he brought his hand down smartly on one knee and nodded rapidly.

From Project Gutenberg

Some baby must have put its hand down in the mud; but that's silly, of course.

From Project Gutenberg

He laid the hand down again, with a groan, and then he 165 heard a voice.

From Project Gutenberg

"I want it, and I mean to have it" And he rose and dashed his huge hand down upon the table.

From Project Gutenberg

I stuck my hand down, and it was given a vicious bite by a white, pink-eyed ferret Paul was carrying there.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• pass on