pass on

Verb

pass on (third-person singular simple present passes on, present participle passing on, simple past and past participle passed on)

1. (intransitive) To go forward.
   • Sir Humphrey: There comes a time when one has to accept what fate has in store. When one passes on (pun). / Jim Hacker: (Shocked) Passes on?1980 December 17, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “Party Games (Yes Minister)”, in Yes Minister, spoken by Humphrey Appleby and Jim Hacker (Nigel Hawthorne and Paul Eddington)

   Synonyms:

   proceed

2. (transitive) To convey or communicate.
   • Can you pass on the information next time you see him?
   • Does he know what I do? / And you'll pass this on, won't you? / And if I ask him once what would he say? / Is he willing? / Can he play?2003, “Pass This On”, in Deep Cuts, performed by The Knife
3. (transitive) To transfer (something) to someone, especially by handing or bequeathing it to the next person in a series.
4. (transitive) To skip or decline.
   • I'll pass on dessert, thanks.
5. (euphemistic, idiomatic, intransitive) To die.
   • His uncle passed on last year.
   • A very fine woman, Martha’s mother. She passed on—let’s see—sixteen months ago, next June. No, fifteen months ago. […] She was a very fine old lady, and I was glad to do what I could.1953, Jim Thompson, “Allen Talbert”, in The Criminal, Berkeley, Calif.: Black Lizard Books, published 1986, →ISBN, page 5

   Synonyms:

   assume room temperature, auger in, be called home, be gathered to one's fathers, be like the the One, be no more, be with Jesus, be with the Lord, bite the big one, bite the biscuit