1. (verb)pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give place into the hands or custody of "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"
2. (verb)impart, leave, give, pass on transmit (knowledge or skills) "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"; "impart a new skill to the students"
3. (verb)advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on move forward, also in the metaphorical sense "Time marches on"
4. (verb)pass on give to or transfer possession of "She passed the family jewels on to her daughter-in-law"
5. (verb)relegate, pass on, submit refer to another person for decision or judgment "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"
6. (verb)circulate, pass around, pass on, distribute cause be distributed "This letter is being circulated among the faculty"
7. (verb)communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across transmit information "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news"