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Expression: "Pass it down."



 
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Expression: "Pass it down." #1 (permalink) Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:23 am   Expression: "Pass it down."
 

Hi

If a teacher gives some pages to the students in the front row and asks them to "Pass them down", would it make sense? Or "Pass them behind."?

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Expression: "Pass it down." #2 (permalink) Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:35 am   Expression: "Pass it down."
 

hi,

I would say: Pass them along/around/round.

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Expression: "Pass it down." #3 (permalink) Thu Sep 06, 2007 15:15 pm   Expression: "Pass it down."
 

Thanks Alan

...and what about "Pass it behind." if a teacher wants every row of the students to pass those papers behind (them/ it?) only?

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PS: I am not comfortable with the above RED sentence--do you find any mistakes here? Please let me know.
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Expression: "Pass it down." #4 (permalink) Thu Sep 06, 2007 16:12 pm   Expression: "Pass it down."
 

Hi Tom

I wouldn't say "Pass them behind". I think I'd probably tell the students to "take a copy and pass the rest to the back" or "...pass the rest to the person behind you".
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