pass on
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(verb) give to or transfer possession of; "I am passing on my genes to my children" |
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Related Words: bequeath, hand down, leave, propagate, will |
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(verb) let know; pass information on (to someone); "Please communicate this message to all employees" |
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Synonyms: communicate, pass, put across |
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Related Words: bespeak, call for, carry, communicate, convey, deliver, display, get across, implant, plant, put over, quest, relay, render, request, return, reveal, show, transmit |
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(verb) refer to another |
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Synonyms: relegate, submit |
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Related Words: submit |
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(verb) move forward, also in the metaphorical sense: "Time marches on" |
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Synonyms: advance, go on, march on, move on, progress |
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Related Words: close in, creep up, draw in, edge, elapse, encroach, forge, glide by, go, go along, go by, impinge, inch, infringe, lapse, locomote, move, overhaul, overtake, pass, plough on, press on, push on, rachet up, ratchet, ratchet down, slide by, slip away, slip by, sneak up, string, string along, travel |
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(verb) cause to be distributed; "This letter is circulating among the faculty" |
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Synonyms: circulate, distribute, pass around |
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Related Words: displace, move, scatter, send around, spread, spread out, utter |
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(verb) place into the hands or custody of; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" |
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Synonyms: give, hand, pass, reach, turn over |
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Related Words: commit, confide, deal, deliver, entrust, free, get in, give, give up, hand over, intrust, leave, release, relinquish, render, slip, sneak, transfer, trust, turn in |
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(verb) tell, give knowledge; "give a secret to the Russians" |
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Synonyms: give, impart, leave |
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Related Words: tell |
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