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"handed down from" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to a tradition or knowledge that has been passed down through generations or from one person to another. For example: "Many of the core values of our school have been handed down from past generations."
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A marionette is handed down from generation to generation.
Beauty is a tradition handed down from generation to generation.
The recipes are authentic, too, handed down from their grandmother.
Our [Negro] memories are handed down from father to son.
I'm against music being handed down from on high.
An edict was handed down from Amref's Kampala office.
And they were handed down from generation to generation.
Jobs have been handed down from father to son.
A tendency to have large, poor families seems to be handed down from mother to daughter.
"I had a '69 Volvo handed down from my sister with a broken accelerator pedal.
The practice of having large, poor families seems to be handed down from mother to daughter.
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