What is "passed down"

Usage examples of "passed down".

Humming a gay measure, jubilant at the prospect of seeing himself so amply avenged, Gonzaga passed down and out into the castle gardens to join the ladies in their merry-making over a game of hoodman blind.

Their legends and myths, dating back to over two thousand years BC, have been passed down to this century through spoken and written traditions.

Once someone had taught him a thing like that, and he liked it, it became part of the heritage that he passed down to future generations.

Tom looked around curiously as they passed down several long corridors, with dusty brass railings and waxwork dioramas to either side of them.

Hans Romanov A long-time resident of the Carpathian Mountain area, his father once had a situation with Mikhail, and his fathers rage was passed down to Hans.

As the party passed down the long dark lane they suddenly heard in the distance loud keening and clapping of bands, as the country-people were accustomed to do when lamenting the dead.

But Francesco only laughed as, linking arms with Fanfulla, he passed down the gallery on his way to the apartments to which the servant was conducting them.

And Sarah was cradling the woman in her arms as the King ignored the two and passed down the line, as if causing women to faint was an everyday occurrence.

But when we had passed down Pirnhow Street, and mounted the little hill beyond Waingford Mills to the left of Bungay town, I halted my horse, and looked back upon the pleasant valley of the Waveney where I was born, and my heart grew full to bursting.

We were a fine and almost regal cortege as we passed down the rue de l'Enfer and quitted Paris by the Orleans gate, taking the road south.

Then, side by side, they passed down the wide marble steps that led from the terrace to the box-flanked walks of the gardens.