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                           Phrase(s): pass something down (to someone) [and] pass something on (to someone)  1. to send something down a line of people to someone. (Each person hands it to the next.)  •  Please pass this down to Mary at the end of the row.  •  Pass down this box to Mary. 2. to will something to someone.  •  My grandfather passed this watch down to me.  •  He passed on the watch to me.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
                        McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs