pass it on
idiom
: to tell other people something that one has been told
Everyone's invited to the party. Pass it on!
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But Sid’s lab results suggested that only one copy was affected, so he was considered a carrier of the illness, who could pass it on to his children but didn’t have it himself.
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Roxanne Khamsi, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2026
This, in the long run, will eliminate the average American’s ability to build generational wealth and pass it on to their children.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026
Another option would be for each willing E.U. country itself to raise money on the market and pass it on to Kyiv, but that would mean a rise in the already high debt and deficit levels and a lack of longer-term financing certainty for Ukraine.
—Reuters, NBC news, 18 Dec. 2025
The nonprofit argued that the loophole disproportionately benefited wealthier, and whiter, households that are more likely to own property and pass it on to their children and grandchildren.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 30 Nov. 2025
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Roxanne Khamsi, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2026
This, in the long run, will eliminate the average American’s ability to build generational wealth and pass it on to their children.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026
Another option would be for each willing E.U. country itself to raise money on the market and pass it on to Kyiv, but that would mean a rise in the already high debt and deficit levels and a lack of longer-term financing certainty for Ukraine.
—Reuters, NBC news, 18 Dec. 2025
The nonprofit argued that the loophole disproportionately benefited wealthier, and whiter, households that are more likely to own property and pass it on to their children and grandchildren.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 30 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pass it on
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“Pass it on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pass%20it%20on. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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