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pass on

Verb

Meaning

move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

cause to be distributed

transmit information

place into the hands or custody of

transmit (knowledge or skills)

give to or transfer possession of

refer to another person for decision or judgment

Source: WordNet

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...the aim of every hierarchy is always to imitate God so as to take on His form... the task of every hierarchy is to receive and to pass on undiluted purification, the divine light, and the understanding which brings perfection. Maximus the Confessor

I think my greatest ambition in life is to pass on to others what I know. Frank Sinatra

In the transmission of human culture, people always attempt to replicate, to pass on to the next generation the skills and values of the parents, but the attempt always fails because cultural transmission is geared to learning, not DNA. Gregory Bateson

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself. Oscar Wilde

American institutionalists were not theoretical but anti-theoretical.... Without a theory they had nothing to pass on except a mass of descriptive material waiting for a theory, or a fire. Ronald Coase

That which is written in heaven, comes to pass on earth. Corsican Proverb

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