shared · chain · exchange · smuggled · contraband · note · whispered · secret · torch · passed · bucket · brigade · currency · coin · rumor · gossip · inheritance · heirloom
passed hand to handretained
Continued to hold
hoarded · withheld · stockpiled · sequestered · stayed put
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Related — circulated (Distributed widely); relay (Stage-by-stage transmission); baton (Slender rod for leading); handed · transferred · shared · chain · exchange · smuggled · contraband · note · whispered · secret
mode of transferpassed hand to hand ≠ broadcast Transmitted media signal; mailed · shipped · wired · emailed · automated
movement vs. stasispassed hand to hand ≠ retained Continued to hold; hoarded · withheld · stockpiled · sequestered · stayed put
distribution patternpassed hand to hand ≠ published Made available to readers; airdropped · wholesaled
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/passed_hand_to_hand