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passed the phone

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

Meaning of pass the phone

Verb

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

  1. (Internet) Said during a game in which a group of people expose something embarrassing about a person and passes the phone to that person.
    • I'm passing the phone to the annoying person whose only hobby is tossing me in the air fryer and shoving tissues down my throat whenever they feel like it.2024 June 24, skzlvrss._, Instagram

Questions about passed the phone

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

Words near passed the phone in the dictionary

  1. passed the baton
  2. passed the bottle of smoke
  3. passed the buck
  4. passed the hat
  5. passed the mantle
  6. passed the phone
  7. passed the pikes
  8. passed the river
  9. passed the time
  10. passed the time of day
  11. passed the torch

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