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passed on

passed on is the simple past and past participle of pass on.

Meaning of 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?
  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.
    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

Questions about passed on

What is passed on the simple past and past participle of?
Passed on is the simple past and past participle of pass on.

Words near passed on in the dictionary

  1. passed masters
  2. passed motion
  3. passed muster
  4. passed off
  5. passed off as
  6. passed on
  7. passed one's word
  8. passed oneself off as
  9. passed out
  10. passed over
  11. passed parameter

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