hand sth down
(DECISION) formal — phrasal verb with hand /hænd/ verb [T]Definition
› to announce an official decision, often a decision about how someone should be punished: The court handed down an eight-year sentence.Announcing, informing and stating
(Definition of hand sth down (DECISION) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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hand noun (PERSON)
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hand noun (WRITING)
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hand over fist idiom
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hand sth around phrasal verb
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hand sth back phrasal verb
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hand sth down phrasal verb (OBJECT)
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hand sth down phrasal verb (TRADITION)
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hand sth in phrasal verb
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hand sth out phrasal verb
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hand sth over phrasal verb
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Synonyms and related words:
- acquaint sb/yourself with sth phrasal verb
- advise verb
- awaken sb to sth phrasal verb
- come out phrasal verb (BECOME KNOWN)
- commit verb (PROMISE)
- confront sb with sth phrasal verb
- declare verb (EXPRESS)
- disclose verb
- fyi
- known adjective
- official adjective
- on the record idiom
- predicate verb
- pronouncement noun
- put sb out of their misery idiom
- put sth out phrasal verb (MAKE AVAILABLE)
- sensitize verb (MAKE AWARE)
- statement noun
- tell verb (SPEAK)
- unannounced adjective
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