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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This intermediary would then obtain financial and operational information about the business and pass it on to potential bidders, with the goal of starting an auction and commanding as high a price as possible.
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John Cassidy, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Businesses collect it from customers and pass it on to governments.
—Aleksandra Bal, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
For the team at Konami, Delta serves as both an easy way to reignite the series’ torch and pass it on to the next generation of creators.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2025
Employers will need to decide whether to absorb this extra cost as part of employee benefits or pass it on to the worker.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
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John Cassidy, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Businesses collect it from customers and pass it on to governments.
—Aleksandra Bal, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
For the team at Konami, Delta serves as both an easy way to reignite the series’ torch and pass it on to the next generation of creators.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2025
Employers will need to decide whether to absorb this extra cost as part of employee benefits or pass it on to the worker.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
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“Pass it on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pass%20it%20on. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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