passed along
- relayedPassed on information
- handed downPassed to successors
- transmittedSent onward
- forwardedSent on to another
- spreadTo distribute widely
shared · inherited · whispered · circulated · conveyed · delivered · transferred · gossip · rumor · baton · torch · legacy · message · secret · grapevine · chain · tradition · heirloom
transmission vs. retention
passed alongkept
Didn't give away
retained · held onto · withheld · hoarded · kept to oneself
sharing vs. concealment
passed alongconcealed
Made invisible deliberately
suppressed · hid · buried · covered up · hushed up
movement direction
passed alongsent back
Caused to return
returned · given back · received · taken back · bounced back