same as pass
to arrange for a customer to speak to someone else who can give them the information or service that they have asked you for, because you cannot provide it for them
to give someone an infectious illness
to give someone something that someone else has given you
to give something such as a disease to your children through your genes
to make someone who is buying something from you pay for the cost of something
I took the day off work because I didn’t want to pass on my flu to everyone in the office.
I’ll pass these clothes on to my nephew when my lads have outgrown them.
I’ll pass you on to our claims department.
The retailer is forced to pass these extra costs on to the customer.
When you’ve read this message, please pass it on.
Women can’t get this condition although they can pass it on.
passes on
passing on
passed on
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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