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. 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 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 6 Oct. 2025.

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