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onpass

onpass verb: to pass along or hand over.

Verb

onpass (third-person singular simple present onpasses, present participle onpassing, simple past and past participle onpassed)

  1. (transitive) To pass along or hand over.
    • Canberra will pass on to the United States allegations by two former British detainees that Australian terror suspect Mamdouh Habib was tortured at Guantanamo Bay.2004 June 3, “Fed: Canberra to onpass torture claims to US”, in AAP General News, Australia, retrieved 21 Jan 2009
    • Presumably the North Koreans balked because they hadn't been able to find any financial institution that would onpass to them the $25 million unfrozen by the U.S. from a bank in Macau.2007 June 23, “Nuke News From North Korea”, in Wall Street Journal, retrieved 21 Jan 2009, page A10
    Synonyms:
    relay, transfer

Synonyms of onpass

Forms of onpass

third-person singular presentonpasses
present participleonpassing
past participleonpassed
pastonpassed

Origin of onpass

From on + pass.

Questions about onpass

What does onpass mean?
Onpass means to pass along or hand over.
What part of speech is onpass?
Onpass is a verb.
What is the past tense of onpass?
The past tense of onpass is onpassed.

Words near onpass in the dictionary

  1. Onota
  2. onotherapy
  3. Onoway
  4. Onoñda'gegá'
  5. ONP
  6. onpass
  7. Onrait
  8. onramp
  9. onramps
  10. onreg'lar
  11. onroad

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