pass a note

Frequency: 7.010.5 per million words

to secretly give a written message to someone, e.g., in a class

noteVERB + note

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Examples (10)

  • I saw you two passing notes during class.
  • The students would secretly pass notes to each other behind the teacher's back.
  • During the lecture, someone tried to pass me a note with a question.
  • She got caught passing a note to her friend in the middle of the exam.
  • It was common for kids to pass notes in elementary school.
  • Could you discreetly pass this note to John, please?
  • The guard pretended not to notice when the prisoner tried to pass a note to his lawyer.
  • They developed a secret code to pass notes without being understood by others.
  • He tried to pass a note to her during the meeting, but she ignored him.
  • My parents used to pass notes in class when they were in high school.