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Pass around

verb

Cause be distributed. Synonyms: circulate, distribute, pass on.

Cause to become widely known. Synonyms: broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, propagate, spread. "Circulate a rumor" , "Broadcast the news"

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... this brief and romantic episode of the war we now proceed. General Lee's aim was to pass around the right flank of his adversary, and bring him to battle; and, although the promptness of General Meade's movements defeated the last-named object nearly completely, the manoeuvres of the two armies form a highly-interesting study. The ...

— A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee • John Esten Cooke

... table of the gods, Braga strikes his wonderful harp and chants the triumphal hymns of dead warriors as they enter the Walhalla. Round the boards of the rougher Vikings, among the muscular, sun-browned champions, hardened to blood and strife, the minstrel is ever present, and as the huge cups pass around the long line, they sing the triumphs and praises of their hosts. They are like the old Grecian minstrels; like Phemius and Demodocus, they chant old memories of great sea-kings and champions, legends of magic elves and dwarfs, and wondrous and often touchingly beautiful stories ...

— The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 - Devoted to Literature and National Policy • Various

Words linked to "Pass around" : generalize, displace, publicize, move, publicise, air, send around, popularise, generalise, run, go around, scatter, podcast, spread out, vulgarise, carry, utter, vulgarize, bare, sow, popularize