PASS (OR TAKE UP) THE BATON

Meaning of PASS (OR TAKE UP) THE BATON in English

pass ( or take up) the baton

hand over (or take up) a duty or responsibility.

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TAKE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TAKE — I. ˈtāk transitive verb ( took ˈtu̇k, dial ˈtək ; or dialect tak·en ˈtākən sometimes -k ə ŋ ; taken …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UP
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BATON — noun Etymology: French bâton, from Old French baston, ultimately from Late Latin bastum stick Date: 1520 cudgel , truncheon , …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
UP — I. (|)əp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PASS — I. ˈpas, ˈpaa(ə)s, ˈpais, ˈpȧs verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: Middle English passen, from Old French passer, from (assumed) Vulgar …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OR — I. _ə(r), (|)ȯ(ə)r, (|)ȯ(ə), in southern US also (|)ä(r) conjunction Etymology: Middle English other, or, from Old English oththe, oththa, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BATON — I. ba·ton bəˈtän, baˈ-, -ˈtäⁿ, -tōⁿ sometimes -tȯn; also ˈbaˌ ̷ ̷ or US sometimes and Brit usually ˈbat ə n noun …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BATON
Английский словарь Webster
BATON — (n.) A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton of a …
Английский словарь Webster
BATON
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BATON — ( n. ) A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
UP
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TAKE — — takable, takeable , adj. — taker , n. /tayk/ , v. , took, taken, taking , n. v.t. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PASS — — passless , adj. /pas, pahs/ , v.t. 1. to move past; go by: to pass another car on the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BATON — /beuh ton", ba-, bat"n/ , n. 1. Music. a wand used by a conductor. 2. a rod of lightweight metal …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BATON — n. wand; stick which is twirled by baton-twirlers in parades
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
UP — I. ˈəp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TAKE — I. ˈtāk verb ( took ˈtu̇k ; tak·en ˈtā-kən ; tak·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tacan, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PASS
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BATON — ˈba-t ə n noun Etymology: French bâton, from Old French baston, ultimately from Late Latin bastum stick Date: 1520 1. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UP — prep upon. 2. up ·adv aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up …
Webster English vocab
TAKE — p.p. taken. 2. take ·noun the quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time. 3. take ·vi to …
Webster English vocab
PASS
Webster English vocab
BATON
Webster English vocab
BATON — ■ noun 1》 a thin stick used by a conductor to direct an orchestra or choir. ↘a stick carried and …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TAKE — [take] vb took ; tak.en ; tak.ing [ME, fr. OE tacan, fr. ON taka; akin to MD taken to take] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BATON — [ba.ton] n [F baton, fr. OF baston, fr. LL bastum stick] (1520) 1: cudgel, truncheon; specif: billy club 2: a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BATON — baton BrE AmE ˈbæt ɒn - ə n AmE \ bə ˈtɑːn (*) —See also phrases with this word ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
UP — / ʌp; NAmE / adverb , preposition , adjective , verb , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAKE — / teɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( took / tʊk; NAmE / taken / ˈteɪkən; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PASS — / pɑːs; NAmE pæs/ verb , noun ■ verb MOVE 1. to move past or to the other side of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BATON — / ˈbætɒn; -tɒ͂; NAmE bəˈtɑːn/ noun 1. ( especially BrE ) = truncheon : a baton charge (= one made …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UP — I. up 1 S1 W1 /ʌp/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A HIGHER POSITION towards …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TAKE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PASS — I. pass 1 S1 W1 /pɑːs $ pæs/ BrE AmE verb [ Word Family: noun : ↑ pass , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OR — or S1 W1 /ə; strong ɔː $ ər strong ɔːr/ BrE AmE conjunction [ Language: Old English ; Origin: oththe …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BATON — bat ‧ on /ˈbætɒn, -tn $ bæˈtɑːn, bə-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. --adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PASS — v. & n. --v. (past part. passed) (see also PAST). 1 intr. (often foll. by along, by, down, on, etc.) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TAKE — v. & n. v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PASS — v. & n. v. (past part. passed) (see also PAST). 1 intr. (often foll. by along, by, down, on, etc.) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BATON — n. 1 a thin stick used by a conductor to direct an orchestra, choir, etc. 2 Athletics a short stick …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1. tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Oxford English vocab
PASS — 1. v. & n. --v. (past part. passed) (see also PAST). 1. intr. (often foll. by along, by, down, on, …
Oxford English vocab
OR — 1.conj. 1. a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Oxford English vocab
BATON — n.1 a thin stick used by a conductor to direct an orchestra, choir, etc. 2 Athletics a short stick or …
Oxford English vocab
UP — I. PREPOSITION, ADVERB, AND ADJECTIVE USES The preposition is pronounced /ʌp/. The adverb and adjective are pronounced /ʌp/. Frequency: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAKE
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PASS — ( passes, passing, passed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. To pass …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use or to link two …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BATON
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PASS — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bill is passed by parliament (= it is made into a law ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BATON — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES ASP baton COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN charge ▪ Then there was the police baton …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BATON — [noun] [C] - a stick. There are different types with several different uses.A baton is used by a conductor (= …
Cambridge English vocab
UP — Synonyms and related words : above, abovestairs, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, add to, addition, advance, against, aggrandize, aggrandizement, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PASS
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BATON — noun 1 ( esp. BrE ) used by police/soldiers ADJECTIVE ▪ wooden ▪ police VERB + BATON ▪ carry , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
UP — INDEX: 1. moving up to a higher place 2. looking, facing, or pointing upwards 3. to move upwards through the …
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