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passed round the hat

passed round the hat is the simple past and past participle of pass round the hat.

Meaning of pass round the hat

Verb

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

  1. To beg for contributions; to take up a collection.
    • If he declined to help, could she pass round the hat among staff members? Maggie on her part would try to get some help from her mother.2012, Catherine Lim, Miss Seetoh in the World, page 105

Questions about passed round the hat

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

Words near passed round the hat in the dictionary

  1. passed parameter
  2. passed parameters
  3. passed pawn
  4. passed pawns
  5. passed round
  6. passed round the hat
  7. passed sentence
  8. passed the bar
  9. passed the baton
  10. passed the bottle of smoke
  11. passed the buck

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