pass around

Questions about pass around

What does pass around mean?

pass around means "cause to be distributed". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for pass around?

Close synonyms include circulate, pass on, distribute, circulate, circularize. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pass around a common word?

pass around is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.