hand down
verb
handed down; handing down; hands down
1
: to transmit in succession (as from father to son)
2
: to make official formulation of and express (the opinion of a court)
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That’s longer than any other sentence handed down since at least 2004 for a car crash fatality in Alabama’s 19th Circuit Court, which includes Autauga, Chilton and Elmore counties.
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Amy Yurkanin, ProPublica, 9 Oct. 2025
Technivorm makes, hand down, some of the sexiest coffee makers out there.
—Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2025
Fidell questioned how the replacement JAGs could reasonably do their job, when they are exposed to the political rhetoric handed down from Hegseth and the White House.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
This was Daniels’ finest throw of the game, hands down.
—Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
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Amy Yurkanin, ProPublica, 9 Oct. 2025
Technivorm makes, hand down, some of the sexiest coffee makers out there.
—Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2025
Fidell questioned how the replacement JAGs could reasonably do their job, when they are exposed to the political rhetoric handed down from Hegseth and the White House.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
This was Daniels’ finest throw of the game, hands down.
—Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Hand down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hand%20down. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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