passed along

Meanings

1. 1phrasephrasal verb

   Given, sent, or told to someone else, often after being received from another person.

   Grammar: Used as the past tense or past participle of 'pass along'. It often appears in the passive: 'The message was passed along.'

   Patterns

   • be passed along to someone
   • passed along from someone to someone

   The news was passed along to all the staff by email.

   She passed along the instructions to her colleague before leaving.

   The story was passed along from one neighbor to another.

2. 2phrasephrasal verb

   Handed something to the next person in a line or sequence.

   Grammar: Often used with objects like 'the ball' or 'the box'. It can be used in the passive.

   Patterns

   • passed along something
   • passed something along

   The bucket was passed along the line of firefighters.

   He passed along the documents to the next person in the queue.

Common combinations

passed along the message

She passed along the message to her manager.

passed along information

The information was passed along quickly.

passed along to

The file was passed along to the legal team.

passed along from

The tradition was passed along from generation to generation.

Synonyms and how they differ

forwarded

Often used for sending messages or mail to someone else; 'passed along' is more general and can also mean physically handed.

relayed

Used for passing information on, especially in a chain; 'passed along' is more common in everyday speech.

transmitted

More formal and often used for signals or diseases; 'passed along' is simpler and more general.

Word family

pass along phrase

The base form of the phrasal verb.

passing along phrase

The -ing form, used in continuous tenses.

Commonly confused: passed along or passed away? passed along or passed on?

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