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pass along

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pass something along (to someone)
1. to give or hand something to someone. Would you kindly pass this along to Hillary? Please pass along my advice to Wally over there.
2. to relay some information to someone. I hope you don't pass this along to anyone, but I am taking a new job next month. Could you pass along my message to Fred?
See also: along, pass

pass along something (to somebody) also pass something along (to somebody)
to give something to someone pass something on (to somebody) Reporters passed along the information as they heard it. If you don't want the book, you can pass it along to someone who does.
Usage notes: also said about something given to younger people: I wanted friends and family to be able to pass along some special memory about my father after his death. Women can also pass the gene along to their children.
See also: along, pass


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There is a wild pathway which obliquely crosses two of these terraces; and so profound is the shade, so dense the vegetation, that a stranger to the place might pass along it without being aware of their existence.
As fortune would have it Kosato, the Blackfoot renegade, was the first to pass along, accompanied by his blood-bought bride.
The boats, in general, had to be propelled by oars and setting poles, or drawn by the hand and by grappling hooks from one root or overhanging tree to another; or towed by the long cordelle, or towing line, where the shores were sufficiently clear of woods and thickets to permit the men to pass along the banks.
 
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