pass around

pass around
verb
1. cause to become widely known
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spread information

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circulate a rumor

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broadcast the news

• Syn:
• Derivationally related forms:
• Hypernyms: ↑publicize, ↑publicise, ↑air, ↑bare
• Hyponyms:
• Verb Group: ↑go around, ↑spread, ↑circulate
• Cause: ↑go around, ↑spread, ↑circulate
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

2. cause be distributed
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This letter is being circulated among the faculty

• Syn: ↑circulate, ↑pass on, ↑distribute
• Derivationally related forms: ↑circular (for: ↑circulate), ↑circulation (for: ↑circulate)
• Hypernyms: ↑move, ↑displace
• Hyponyms: ↑send around, ↑utter, ↑spread, ↑scatter, ↑spread out
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s something to somebody


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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