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pass on

















VERB
devolve
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VERB
get across
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Antonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK
miscommunicate


VERB
hand down
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According to Clecat, "whether higher logistics costs translate materially into consumer prices depends on the duration of the disruption, the commodity and companies' ability to absorb or pass on costs".

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

Women in lace mantillas and gold jewelry pass on their way to somewhere ornate.

From Salon Aug. 11, 2026

Of course, the real Bourdain did not propose such a ludicrous project, which the movie professors pass on after he’d already boasted to his family and friends that he’d gotten the fellowship.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

“We suspect automakers will gradually try to pass on costs to customers,” Grace Zwemmer, U.S. economist at Oxford, said in a research note.

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 2026

To-day we pass on, we see it no more, and we are different, changed in some infinitesimal way.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier




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