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pass_on
A	verb
	1	communicate, pass on, pass, put across
			transmit information ; "Please communicate this message to all employees"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚transfer ╚convey; transmit; communicate ╚communicate, pass on, pass, put across ╚render; deliver; return ╚carry ╚acknowledge; receipt ╚request; bespeak; call for; quest ╚get across; put over ╚relay ╚send a message ╚plant; implant
	2	advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
			move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on"
		Category Tree: travel; go; move; locomote ╚advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on ╚press on; push on; plough on ╚encroach; infringe; impinge ╚creep up; sneak up ╚penetrate ╚forge
	3	circulate, pass around, pass on, distribute
			cause to be distributed; "This letter is circulating among the faculty"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚circulate, pass around, pass on, distribute ╚spread; scatter; spread out ╚utter ╚send around
	4	pass on
			give to or transfer possession of; "I am passing on my genes to my children"
		Category Tree: give; gift; present ╚bequeath; will; leave ╚pass on ╚hand down ╚propagate
	5	pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
			place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"
		Category Tree: transfer ╚pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give ╚hand over; fork over; fork out; fork up; turn in; get in; deliver; render ╚deal ╚slip; sneak ╚give
	6	impart, leave, give, pass on
			tell or deposit (information) knowledge; "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚communicate; intercommunicate ╚inform ╚tell ╚impart, leave, give, pass on
	7	relegate, pass on, submit
			refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚send; direct ╚refer ╚submit; subject ╚relegate, pass on, submit

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