From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfrom father to sonfrom father to sonif property or skill passes from father to son, children receive it or learn it from their parents This is a district where old crafts are handed down from father to son. → father
Examples from the Corpus
from father to son• The centuries' old recipe has been handed down from father to son.• The bone-setting power is often handed down from father to son.• This means that harem females are being passed down from father to son in a patrilineal fashion.• Their status was hereditary, land and titles being passed on from father to son.• Land passes from father to son: his is split between himself and his father.• The whole gentile constitution made the transference of private property from father to son impossible.• The eyes of those in the room shifted uneasily from father to son. 