pass around
To distribute something through a group by giving several items to one or more people…To distribute something through a group by giving several items to one or more people to then give to others in a row, line or circle; to spread something to be used by each person in group in turn; to gather contributions for a cause.
» Please pass the note around.
Meaning
2 sensesTo distribute something through a group by giving several items to one or more people to then give to others in a row, line or circle; to spread something to be used by each person in group in turn; to gather contributions for a cause.
To spread claims or gossip.
- cause to be distributed
- cause to become widely known
Examples
11 sentencesPlease pass the note around.
Please pass this note around.
Sign the paper and pass it around.
Time passes more slowly around a black hole.
They silently passed the note around.
Forms
passes around, passing around, passed around, passed around| Base form | pass around · to pass around |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | passes around |
| Present participle | passing around |
| Past simple | passed around |
| Past participle | passed around |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
13 phrasal verbs- pass upвідмовити, відкинутиTo refuse (not accept); forgo.
- pass offпродовжувати, продовжитиTo happen.
- pass outроздавати, роздатиTo faint; to become unconscious.
- pass onвийти, виходитиTo go forward.
- pass overпокрити, прикритиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pass, over.
- pass awayвідійти у вічністьTo die.
- pass aroundпоширювати, розповсюджуватиTo distribute something through a group by giving several items to one or more people to then give to others in a row, line or circle; to spread something to be used by each person in group in turn; to gather contributions for a cause.
- pass alongпройти, проходитиTo deliver a message or item to its intended recipient.
More 5
- pass byпройти, проходитиTo travel past without stopping.
- pass downTo hand over, pass through or transfer to a lower level, next generation, etc.
- pass forTo be mistakenly seen as something that one is not
- pass throughTo go through, to travel through, to transit or lie across a place or from one place to another.
- pass roundTo distribute
Synonyms
11 synonyms- cause to be distributed:circulatepass ondistribute
- cause to become widely known:circulatecircularizecircularisedistributedisseminatepropagatebroadcastspread
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb