to pass around
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2.0
- phrasal verb
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difundir
- This letter was passed around the family, who returned the unanimous verdict: he's lying.
- pass information around
- passed around the Internet
- get passed around
They really got out there on social media and word really passed around on social media about the quality of their bags.
- They really got out there on social media and word really passed around on social media about the quality of their bags.
- So the other belief that has been passed around by many is when a man loves you, gaining weight would not be an issue for him.
- That war was being passed around in circles to where it got to a friend of a friend who actually was interested.
Examples
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They really got out there on social media and word really passed around on social media about the quality of their bags.
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Word of my mother's great cooking got passed around, so they always came.
Fiction book (2002) -
Feel free to pass this link around to your friends and fans, and if you have any questions, definitely let me know!
Blog text (16) -
And about two or three weeks into writing that blog, it started to get passed around and shared.
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I will make sure to pass this information around to my friends and contacts so that they can also enjoy making easier choices.
Blog text (30) -
As information is passed around, important qualifiers are lost.
Blog text (4) -
We will conclude by passing around a sheet on which I would like everyone's e-mail address.
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So it was just a little video that people passed around with this kid saying yeet and then yeet starting to mean throwing something.
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But the study also found that the bursts happen at the same time among all members of a social network—whether in person or online—which speeds the way information is passed around the small world of the group, Moro said.
Academic text (2011) -
During the meeting, the manager asked everyone to pass around the agenda so that each person could review it.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To let other people use or have part of something
750
1.6
To become known by many people
165
1.8
To give something to people in a group
143
2.3
To hand things to several people
134
2.7
To give something to another person, often information or a message
104
4.4
To cause people and things, like a crowd or fog, to spread over a wide area
103
3.9
To spread information or documents among people
87
2.0
Give things to several people or places
85
2.3
Spread among many people, as with a story or rumor
81
3.0
To make news or information known to many people
76
2.5
Give news, a message, or something you received to another person
68
3.1
Tell many people about something so they know
68
2.7
To give things to people in a group, like papers or drinks
48
6.8
To spread information or ideas widely so many people know them
40
5.5
To spread out and reach many people or places
23
5.9
Spread ideas, news, or feelings to many people
10
4.2
Share things or money between several people
8
6.1
Spread slowly through a group until many people know or feel it
5
3.2
Give a copy of something to each person in a group, for example by email
1
4.7
To send information or papers to people again
To send the same information to many people to inform or ask their opinion
Antonyms
How Wide
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to distribute or share among a group' is directly derivable from combining 'pass' (to give) with 'around' (to various people/places) following a common English verb+particle composition. This is a transparent, cross-linguistically common pattern (e.g., 'pass the cookies around'), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Pass around comes from the same idea of pass (to give) and around (among the group): imagine a note or news being handed or whispered from person to person until many people know it. That's why it means 'to spread' or 'share widely'.