Is this sentence "My dad handed me down the same gun" natural and grammatically correct?

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My dad handed me down the same gun.I think it is the same thing as "My dad handed down the same gun to me" and the original sentence sounds natural.Is my thinking correct?

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Clive · Answer

Note there are two possible meanings of hand down, as follows.

(A) hand down can mean 'pass ownership from a member of one generation to a member of another generation, eg from father to son.

(B) hand down can also mean to physically hand something to a person at a lower physical level, eg my father stood on a chair and passed something down to me from a high shelf.

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"My dad handed me down the same gun" natural and grammatically correct? Yes. This sounds like meaning B.Quote

My dad handed me down the same gun. This also sounds like meaning B.

I think it is the same thing as "My dad handed down the same gun to me" This could be meaning A or meaning B. The context will make it clear.

Clive

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