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Phrase(s): descend from something
to move down from something. • The bird descended from the top of the tree to a lower branch. • Take care when you descend from the ladder., Phrase(s): descend from someone or some group
[for a living creature] to come from a particular set of ancestors. • I descend from a large family of Dutch traders. • Wally is descended from Daniel Boone.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs