pass around
Definition
Verb: 1. To distribute something to a group of people: To give or send something to each person in a group, often by handing it from one person to the next. 2. To cause information, news, or a story to be known by many people: To spread or disseminate something, such as a rumor, a piece of news, or a document, among a number of people.
Usage Examples
Verb (Distribute):
- Could you pass around the snacks, please?
- The teacher passed around a copy of the poem for everyone to read.
- They passed the collection plate around the congregation.
Verb (Spread Information):
- Someone passed around a rumor that the office was closing.
- The memo was passed around to all department heads.
- News of his resignation quickly passed around the company.
Advanced Usage
- "to pass something around": This structure emphasizes the object being distributed or spread. The object can be placed between "pass" and "around."
- He passed a photograph around the table.
- Please pass these handouts around.
Variants and Related Words
- Circulate (verb): To move or cause to move continuously among a group or area; often used interchangeably with "pass around," especially for information or documents.
- A petition was circulated to gather signatures.
- Distribute (verb): To give shares of something; to deal out. This is a more formal synonym for the physical distribution sense.
- Spread (verb): To cause something to become widely known or felt. This is a close synonym for the information sense.
Synonyms
- For distributing: Circulate, distribute, hand around, send around.
- For spreading information: Circulate, spread, disseminate, broadcast.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Pass on:
- To give something to the next person or a later generation.
- She passed on her grandmother's necklace to her daughter.
- To communicate information or news to someone else.
- I'll pass on your message to the manager.
- (Euphemism) To die.
- He passed on peacefully in his sleep.
- Pass out: To distribute something to a group of people. (Very similar to "pass around").
- The flight attendant passed out drinks and peanuts.
Related Idioms
- Pass the hat (around): To collect money from a group of people, often for a gift or a cause.
- After the presentation, they passed the hat around to collect donations.
Verb
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cause to become widely known
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spread information
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circulate a rumor
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broadcast the news
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cause be distributed
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This letter is being circulated among the faculty
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