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1. Cause to be distributed, e.g. to all relevant people, everyone on a list, etc.
   "This letter is being passed around among the faculty";
   - circulate, pass on, distribute
    
2. Cause to become widely known
   "pass around a rumour";
   - circulate, circularize, circularise [Brit], distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse

Derived forms: passing around, passes around, passed around

See also: pass

Type of: air, bare, displace, move, publicise [Brit], publicize