How to Use pass it on in a Sentence

pass it on

idiom
Definition of pass it onnext
  • Those of us touched by the gift of his life owe it to him to pass it on.
    — Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 26 Dec. 2021
  • Most coaches, dressed in suit and tie, hold the Cup briefly, then pass it on.
    — Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press, 7 June 2022
  • This is a small way to pay tribute to my amazing friend and to pass it on.
    — Sam Boyer, cleveland, 14 Jan. 2022
  • One of those to pass it on, via retweet, was the then-President of the United States.
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2023
  • That means both parents need to carry the abnormal gene, and both need to pass it on to their child.
    — Hallie Levine, Health.com, 19 Nov. 2021
  • During the first stage, neurons in the input layer encode features of the image and pass it on.
    — Quanta Magazine, 18 Oct. 2021
  • The companies can either pay the cost themselves or pass it on to applicants.
    — Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 June 2021
  • The state Assembly is scheduled to pass it on Wednesday, which would then send it to the Senate for final approval.
    — Scott Bauer, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2023
  • The first is Memories — the nostalgia, for people who lived it, then pass it on to their children and grandchildren.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 6 July 2021
  • Politely nudge extended family members who are hogging the good stuff to pass it on along à la the James Brown band.
    — Seventeen, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Males also inherit the maternal mtDNA but do not pass it on to their offspring.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 15 Apr. 2022
  • The agent would accept money coming from the accounts handled by the men from West Champaran and pass it on to traders depending on their export orders.
    — Parth M.n., Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The more interactions there are, the greater the chance that an animal will transmit a particular disease to a human, and the greater the risk that person will get sick and pass it on to their neighbors.
    — Lisa Song, ProPublica, 15 June 2023
  • The more interactions there are, the greater the chance that an animal will transmit a particular disease to a human, and the greater the risk that person will get sick and pass it on to their neighbors.
    — Lisa Song, ProPublica, 15 June 2023
  • Code Can Bridge will try to attract special education teachers who are interested in code and want to pass it on to their students.
    — Steven Aquino, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
  • As costs significantly increase, businesses need to pass it on to the customer.
    — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 22 May 2022
  • Each new interaction is a chance for an animal to get sick in an entirely new way—and to pass it on to other species, including humans.
    — Melody Schreiber, The New Republic, 30 Apr. 2022
  • Instead, keep that positivity and pass it on through your social media so others can perceive it too.
    — Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Instructors can remove an organ from a body and pass it on to students, who can look inside the organ to explore better, all virtually.
    — Forbes, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Detroit Lions fullback Jason Cabinda understands the value of a good education and wants to pass it on.
    — Jaylon Thompson, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Covid-19 patients infect about 1 in 5 household members, study finds People infected with coronavirus pass it on to about one in five of their household contacts, a new global study finds.
    — Meg Wagner, CNN, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Vaccinated children would be less likely to catch the coronavirus and pass it on; parents, siblings, and grandparents, in turn, would be less likely to be pulled out of work and risk losing income.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 9 June 2022
  • Each person with omicron can potentially spread the virus to as many as six or 10 people and then those people can subsequently pass it on to another six or 10 people.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 6 Jan. 2022
  • Vaccinated people are still less likely than the uninoculated to contract the pathogen, pass it on, or, especially, come down with disease.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 6 Aug. 2021
  • The association was to receive the money and pass it on to a partnership of federal and university scientists.
    — Liz Ruskin, Anchorage Daily News, 23 June 2023
  • While older people are most susceptible to the coronavirus, children (especially older children) can get it and pass it on to others.
    — Tara John, CNN, 4 June 2021
  • The study shaped her organization’s work with parents and educators on how to sustain one’s heritage language and pass it on to future generations.
    — Karen Garciastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2023
  • That leaves Democrats no option for passing it other than to try to force the bill through by destroying the filibuster rule — which requires 60 votes to put aside any senator’s objection — to pass it on a simple majority, party-line vote.
    — New York Times, 1 June 2021
  • In addition, nonmilitary customers on Nov. 11 can receive a card and pass it on to an active-duty military member or veteran.
    — Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Neurons integrate information from other neurons but only fire to pass it on if the incoming input exceeds a certain electrical threshold.
    — Jay N. Giedd, Scientific American, 1 May 2016

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