pass on
SeparableThe object can go before or after the particle — but a pronoun MUST go in the middle: “clean it up”, never “clean up it”.
How to say it
Stress the particle, not the verb: pass ON. Saying “PASS on” is the clearest learner tell — the verb stays light and the particle carries the beat.
Link across the gap. The final /s/ of “pass” moves onto the particle and starts its syllable: “pass on” is said “pa-son”. Pausing between the words is what makes phrasal verbs sound recited rather than spoken.
2 meanings
- 1
To transmit something to someone else.
- “Could you pass the message on to the team?”
- “The condition can be passed on to children.”
Similar: transmit, relay
- 2
To decline an offer.
- “Thanks, but I'll pass on dessert.”
Similar: decline