(noun) a piece of clothing or other item passed from one person to another

Example Sentences:

A: Nice sweater!
B: Thanks! It was a hand-me-down. My older sister gave it to me when it wouldn’t fit her anymore!

When I bought a new car, I gave my old Honda Civic to my little brother as a hand-me-down.

Billy hated getting hand-me-down clothes all the time, and asked his parents if they could buy him some new clothes instead.

From the News:

Choosing clothes with hand-me-down potential

Media:

hand-me-down idiom

Similar idioms:

  1. bite the hand that feeds one
  2. live from hand to mouth
  3. give someone a hand
  4. money doesn’t buy happiness
  5. hand in something

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