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Meaning of hand-me-down | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. An item that is passed along for someone else to use.
  2. A piece of clothing or other item which has been outgrown by an older sibling and passed down to a younger one.
    especially

Equivalents

Català deixalla
Ελληνικά αποφόρι
Español prenda heredada
日本語 おさがり おふる お下がり お古 古
Nederlands afdankertje
Русский поде́ржанная вещь

Examples

“Well, I'm willing, I'm able, I'm practically much alive / Well, I'm six-feet-tall, I ain't no hand-me-down”
“But these routes have always had hand-me-downs that aren't really designed for the job.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

hand-me-on hand-nail hand-off Hand-operated hand-out hand-over

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