passed the baton
idiom
: to pass job and responsibility on to another
The chef recently passed the baton to her young assistant.
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Given the program’s deep history and tradition, built on a progression of great players that have passed the baton from Julie Foudy and Mia Hamm to Abby Wambach and Carli Lloyd to Megan Rapinoe and Morgan, no one wants to see that relay race stop now.
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Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2024
In 2014, Jay Leno passed the baton to Fallon without incident; that was not the case in the previous regime changes.
—Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 17 June 2024
The film’s depiction of Indigenous peoples definitely doesn’t hold up, but Jane Russell stopping the show with her dance routine essentially passed the baton of parody to Madeline Kahn in Blazing Saddles.
—Jordan Hoffman, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
And this year, Buhari adhered to the country’s term limits and passed the baton to another member of his party, Bola Tinubu, who would prevail in what was essentially a tight three-way race.
—Ebenezer Obadare, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2023
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Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2024
In 2014, Jay Leno passed the baton to Fallon without incident; that was not the case in the previous regime changes.
—Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 17 June 2024
The film’s depiction of Indigenous peoples definitely doesn’t hold up, but Jane Russell stopping the show with her dance routine essentially passed the baton of parody to Madeline Kahn in Blazing Saddles.
—Jordan Hoffman, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
And this year, Buhari adhered to the country’s term limits and passed the baton to another member of his party, Bola Tinubu, who would prevail in what was essentially a tight three-way race.
—Ebenezer Obadare, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2023
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“Passed the baton.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passed%20the%20baton. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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