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pass on

















VERB
devolve
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VERB
get across
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK
miscommunicate


VERB
hand down
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High inflation has forced businesses to pay substantially more for supplies, and it’s not easy to pass on those costs to resistant customers.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

Price hikes would be necessary "to pass on the increase in kerosene costs," finance chief Till Streichert told journalists, after the group released forecast-beating quarterly results.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

But what you can do to make the nation around you a better place to pass on to the next generation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

The Chargers’ frustration could be summed up in one play: Receiver Ladd McConkey hauled in Herbert’s desperation 54-yard pass on the final snap of the second quarter ... at the one-yard line.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Such subterranean tunnelers as shrews and moles capture them in some numbers, and then perhaps pass on the poison to predators such as screech owls and barn owls.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson


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