pass on

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour indiquer le fait de donner quelque chose à une autre personne, de transmettre une information, ou de renoncer à une opportunité.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of giving something to someone else, transmitting information, or declining an opportunity.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Transmit or giveformal

   To give something to someone else, especially information or an object.

   transmettre

   • Please pass on the message to your colleagues.
   • She passed on her knowledge to the new trainees.
   • He passed on the documents to the manager.

   Synonymesconveydeliverforwardgivehand overrelaytransfertransmit

   Antonymeskeepretainwithhold

2. Decline or refuseinformal

   To choose not to accept or participate in something.

   refuser, décliner

   • I think I'll pass on dessert tonight.
   • He passed on the opportunity to travel abroad.
   • She passed on the invitation to the party.

   Synonymesabstaindeclineforgorefuserejectrenounceskipspurnturn downwaive

   Antonymesaccepttake

3. Die (euphemism)formal

   A polite or gentle way to say someone has died.

   Décéder (euphémisme)

   • Her grandfather passed on peacefully last night.
   • He passed on after a long illness.
   • They mourned the loss of their beloved friend who passed on.

   Synonymesdeceasedepartexpirepasspass away

Verbe de basepass