hand down | Idiomator

Meaning: Totransmitinsuccession, as from father to son, or frompredecessortosuccessor.Fables arehanded downfrom age to age.1920, T. S. Eliot, “Tradition and the Individual Talent”, inThe Sacred Wood:Yet if the only form of tradition, ofhanding down, consisted in following the ways of the immediate generation before us in a blind or timid adherence to its successes, "tradition" should positively be discouraged.; (law)Todeliver(the decision of a court, etc.)The juryhanded downa verdict of guilty.2020March 11, Jan Ransom, “Harvey Weinstein’s Stunning Downfall: 23 Years in Prison”, inNew York Times‎[1]:Justice James A. Burke, who presided over the trial in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, could have sentenced Mr. Weinstein to as little as five years, but he heeded the arguments of prosecutors who urged him tohand downa long sentence.2024March 25, United Nations, “Thailand: UN experts alarmed by sentences handed down to human rights lawyer Arnon Nampa on lèse-majesté charges”, inUnited Nations‎[2]:UN experts alarmed by sentenceshanded downto human rights lawyer Arnon Nampa on lèse-majesté charges; (law)To forward to the proper officer (the decision of a higher court).The Clerk of the Court of Appealshanded downits decision.; (idiomatic)Todonate(assecond hand.)When my older brother grows out of his clothes, hehandsthemdownto me.

Examples:

EN: And believe me, he'll hand down opinions that'll give the court of appeals an inferiority complex.
ES: Él puede ser el secretario de John, y créeme, pronunciaría unos dictámenes que harán que el tribunal de apelación tenga complejo de inferioridad.
EN: I got it second-hand down Canal Street.
ES: - Lo compré de segunda mano.
EN: Hold that hand down.
ES: - Sujétele la manga.
EN: Then I'll count to ten and, when I take my hand down, you will be gone.
ES: Cuando cuente hasta diez, y quite la mano, usted se habrá ido.
EN: Now listen, I'm gonna take my hand down, you shout, "Gov, I'm in here."
ES: Escucha, voy a quitarte la mano y gritarás: Jefe, estoy aquí.
EN: I'd sooner do that than hand down a fine piece of literature from the bench.
ES: Prefiero eso a pronunciar el mejor discurso en el Tribunal.
EN: - Put your hand down. Nobody'll know.
ES: Baja tu mano, y nadie lo sabrá.
EN: Put your hand down.
ES: Baje la mano.
EN: - Court's established Elliott's innocence. They refused to even hand down an indictment.
ES: Su inocencia está probada.
EN: Take your hand down from your ear.
ES: No te toques la oreja.
EN: Put your hand down or I'll eat it!
ES: ¡No me ponga la mano que me la como!
EN: I ask this court to hand down the maximum penalty.
ES: Pido a la corte que el imputado sea condenado a la pena máxima.
EN: Would you put your hand down?
ES: ¿Quieres bajar la mano?
EN: Take one hand down slowly to that belt buckle and open her up.
ES: Baja una mano lentamente hasta la hebilla del cinturón y ábrela.
EN: Put that hand down!
ES: Te doy una bofetada.

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