passing down
Giving to heirs
Passing down is transmitting something from one generation to the next—traditions, knowledge, possessions, or traits: recipes passed down through the family, genes passed down from parent to child.
The phrase emphasizes continuity across time, with each generation receiving from the one before and potentially giving to the one after.
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- genetic traitsHeritable biological characteristics
- mentorshipGuidance from experienced person
- successionFollowing in order
last will · storytelling · old wives' tales · oral history · folklore · sacred knowledge · estate · teaching · hereditary rights · heritage · apprenticeship · trade secrets · family recipes · family secret · generational wisdom · patrimony · cultural preservation · mother tongue
- delegationdelegating, assigning, entrusting, tasking, handing off
- passing downtradition, legacy, heritage, heirlooms, succession
- family generationsgenerations, generation, grandparents, grandchildren, grandparent
passing downdiscarding
Removing what's unwanted
throwing away · destroying · abandoning · getting rid of · trashing
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