baton pass
Sprinter's crucial transfer
A baton pass is the transfer of a relay baton between runners during a race, occurring within a designated exchange zone.
Figuratively, any handoff of responsibility or continuation of effort: The project's baton pass to the new team went smoothly.
In anime and video games, a baton pass transfers momentum or advantages from one character to another.
- relayStage-by-stage transmission
- relay raceSequential team sprint
- handoffDirect physical exchange
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- exchange zoneRelay baton transfer area
sprint · track · track and field · running track · runner · transfer · anchor · leg · changeover · zone · teamwork · team sport · race · Olympics · speed · grip · split second · reach
- track and fieldtrack and field, sprinters, sprinter, sprinting, sprint
- Field Daysack race, three-legged race, relay race, tug of war, egg and spoon race
- swaps & switchesshift swap, guard change, line change, battery swap, tag team
- transferstransfer, money transfer, bank transfer, wire transfer, fund transfer
- relayrelay station, radio relay, handoff, repeater, transmitter
- relaysrelay, relay race, relay team, handoff, exchange zone
baton passretention
Continued holding or possession
holding on · keeping · hoarding · withholding · monopolizing
baton passsolo effort
going it alone · 100-meter dash · one-man show · marathon · solo performance
baton passfumble
Handle with clumsy fingers
stoppage · breakdown · discontinuation · interruption · dead stop
baton, pass, batons, passes, passed, passing, passable, passage, passenger