passing 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