pass it on
idiom
: to tell other people something that one has been told
Everyone's invited to the party. Pass it on!
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That’s because retailers who may have loaded up on inventory to get ahead of the charges may be stuck with too much product in a tougher economy — and pass it on to TJX.
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Paulina Likos, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2025
The resulting product would be shielded from a Senate filibuster, allowing Republicans to steer around Democratic opposition and pass it on a simple majority vote.
—Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
But whether the automakers absorb the extra cost themselves or pass it on to consumers remains to be seen.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
But that estimate, the paper noted, did not include the myriad adjustments that tariffs would trigger: Consumers may substitute goods or cut demand; businesses may eat the cost or pass it on; other countries may retaliate; and global exchange and interest rates will adjust.
—Howard Schneider, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
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Paulina Likos, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2025
The resulting product would be shielded from a Senate filibuster, allowing Republicans to steer around Democratic opposition and pass it on a simple majority vote.
—Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
But whether the automakers absorb the extra cost themselves or pass it on to consumers remains to be seen.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
But that estimate, the paper noted, did not include the myriad adjustments that tariffs would trigger: Consumers may substitute goods or cut demand; businesses may eat the cost or pass it on; other countries may retaliate; and global exchange and interest rates will adjust.
—Howard Schneider, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Pass it on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pass%20it%20on. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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