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单词 pass the hat
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pass the hat

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Ask for financial contributions, as in Let's pass the hat so we can get her a nice going-away gift. This expression alludes to the actual practice of passing a hat around a gathering, but it is also used more figuratively, as in The board decided to pass the hat again among the corporate sponsors. [Late 1800s]

Words nearby pass the hat

pass pattern, pass point, passport, pass rush, pass the buck, pass the hat, pass the time, pass the torch, pass-through, pass through one's mind, pass up
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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