passed the baton

phrase

: to pass job and responsibility on to another

The chef recently passed the baton to her young assistant.

Examples of passed the baton in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Christensen has since moved out of state and effectively passed the baton to Earl, who started QB Era with several other former suburban quarterbacks. — Mike McGraw, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026

Wang’s fellow cofounder, Guo, later surpassed Taylor Swift in becoming the youngest woman to hit the eye-watering net worth, and has since passed the baton to Kalshi cofounder Luana Lopes Lara. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026

How chemistry and geology passed the baton to biology remains unknown. — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026

Friday wasn’t an exception, but both teams are vastly different in 2026, especially the Mavericks — who once relied on Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving, but have since passed the baton of the franchise to Cooper Flagg. — Mike Curtis, Dallas Morning News, 21 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for passed the baton

• batten
• craton
• fatten
• flatten
• gratin
• gratton
• latin
• lattin
• matin
• paten
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• platen