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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Listener agents collect real-time data, meaning extractors interpret it, alert generators prioritize it and decision agents pass it on to marketing teams or escalate to human reviewers.
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Dr. Chiranjiv Roy, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
Although some businesses may absorb the tax themselves, others will have to pass it on to American consumers.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 15 July 2025
Some cookware and takeout containers come from China, which leaves small businesses with the difficult question of whether to absorb increasing costs or pass it on to customers and risk losing their business.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 6 July 2025
How quickly the price of a tomato will change at the grocery store, if at all, is unclear, with uncertainty around whether Mexican producers and other stakeholders will factor the tax into their costs or pass it on to the consumer.
—David Shortell, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 July 2025
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Dr. Chiranjiv Roy, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
Although some businesses may absorb the tax themselves, others will have to pass it on to American consumers.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 15 July 2025
Some cookware and takeout containers come from China, which leaves small businesses with the difficult question of whether to absorb increasing costs or pass it on to customers and risk losing their business.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 6 July 2025
How quickly the price of a tomato will change at the grocery store, if at all, is unclear, with uncertainty around whether Mexican producers and other stakeholders will factor the tax into their costs or pass it on to the consumer.
—David Shortell, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 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 20 Aug. 2025.
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