pass sth down
— phrasal verb with pass /pɑːs/
/pæs/ verb Definition
› to teach or give something to someone who will be alive after you have died: His is a family trade, passed down from generation to generation.Inheriting and bequeathing
(Definition of pass sth down from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- advance directive noun
- assign verb (GIVE LEGALLY)
- beneficiary noun
- bequeath verb
- bequest noun
- codicil noun
- cut verb (REMOVE)
- heir apparent noun
- heir noun
- heiress noun
- heirloom noun
- inheritor noun
- leave verb (AFTER DEATH)
- legacy noun
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- probate verb
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