pass-on

Verbs

  • (v) place into the hands or custody of
    • hand me the spoon, please
    • Turn the files over to me, please
    • He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers
    hand, turn over, pass, reach, give,
  • (v) transmit (knowledge or skills)
    • give a secret to the Russians
    • leave your name and address here
    • impart a new skill to the students
    impart, give, leave,
  • (v) move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
    • Time marches on
    advance, march on, move on, progress, go on,
  • (v) give to or transfer possession of
    • She passed the family jewels on to her daughter-in-law
  • (v) refer to another person for decision or judgment
    • She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues
    relegate, submit,
  • (v) cause be distributed
    • This letter is being circulated among the faculty
    pass around, circulate, distribute,
  • (v) transmit information
    • Please communicate this message to all employees
    • pass along the good news
    communicate, pass along, put across, pass,

Synonyms

hand turn over pass reach give impart leave advance march on move on progress go on relegate submit pass around circulate distribute communicate pass along put across

Antonyms

draw back move back pull away pull back recede retreat withdraw retire

See also

relegate submit impart give leave communicate pass along put across pass hand out give out pass out distribute hand down fork out fork over fork up hand over turn in deliver render

Words of close approximity

pass by pass up