How to Use pass on in a Sentence

pass on

phrasal verb

• Jake DeBrusk made a crisp pass on the boards to get the puck to Zacha.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 18 May 2024
• Kyle told The Guardian in 2007 that his father had passed on the film.
  — Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 19 Dec. 2023
• Cook never plans to leave the farm, no matter whom it gets passed on to.
  — Cara Nixon, oregonlive, 17 July 2023
• Among Black test takers ages 50 and older, just 22% passed on the first try.
  — Grace Rubenstein, STAT, 18 Jan. 2024
• If Montgomery County had been deep red, Phillips might have passed on the idea.
  — TIME, 12 Oct. 2023
• These cost savings are then passed on to consumers in the form of lower prices.
  — Evan Arroyo, The Arizona Republic, 10 Aug. 2023
• That delay comes from a law passed on Capitol Hill 28 years ago.
  — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Jan. 2024
• But he had been passed on the depth chart by Willi Castro, and a role for him on this year’s roster was not clear.
  — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 11 Feb. 2024
• The three-star recruit passed on offers from Alabama and Texas to join the Tigers.
  — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2024
• The bill was passed on a voice vote by the Assembly in February, but failed to come to a vote in the Senate.
  — Karl Ebert, Journal Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2024
• These costs are passed on to the shopper, which means fresh birds can be more expensive.
  — Jackie Freeman, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2023
• In May, Lily Tomlin claimed the original stars passed on it.
  — Bruce Haring, Deadline, 27 July 2024
• The fine is to be passed on to the U.K. government’s treasury department.
  — Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 July 2024
• Brown finished 2 of 6 passing on the series and McCord came back out to start the next series.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 9 Sep. 2023
• Drug advertising should be banned and the money saved should be passed on to the consumer.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2024
• The Senate version, proposed by Ebbin, passed on a party-line vote of 21-19.
  — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
• Politely passing on a chance to help the public make sense of a story that still doesn’t add up, Ohtani bowed and slipped out of the room.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
• Eat at the phenomenal on-site restaurant, Prospect, and don't pass on the sourdough bread.
  — Brandon Presser, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 July 2023
• In 2014, Scott spent six months studying for the Virginia bar exam, passing on his first try.
  — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2023
• Sure-handed star receiver Cooper Kupp dropped a pass on the Rams’ first play.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2023
• But the reality is that once those two centers were passed on, the rest of the group were less likely to be plug-and-play options.
  — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 10 May 2024
• Brady and Brees completed close to 35% of their passes on first and second downs to running backs.
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2024
• Biles kept all three of her tumbling passes on the floor inbounds, something that was a problem at times in 2021.
  — Will Graves, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Aug. 2023
• The offer included two first-round picks and more, and the Panthers passed on the swap with the idea that Burns was a cornerstone player.
  — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2024
• But Take Note The interchangeable cards can be tricky to switch out and may not be durable enough to pass on to another child.
  — Bridget Shirvell, Parents, 26 Mar. 2024
• That play set up Jefferson's 4-yard touchdown pass on a slant to Broden.
  — Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 19 Nov. 2023
• Pain-pleasure inverts that eat and reproduce would pass on their genes just as well as us.
  — Philip Goff, Scientific American, 3 July 2024
• While three teams drafted their quarterback of the future, a few that passed on Levis in Round 1 could decide to take him in the second round.
  — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 28 Apr. 2023
• And those savings could be passed on to consumers, Epstein suggested.
  — Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 7 Aug. 2024
• On Sunday, Purdy stayed after practice and threw passes on the run to Guillermo Escalante, one of the equipment staff’s sure-handed members.
  — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Sep 2024