EXPRESSIONS WITH THE VERB TO PASS

Your family has owned a grocery store for many generations. Your parents were given the responsibility to take care of it by your grandparents a few years back and, just like you expected, your turn is just around the corner. You see your mom and dad getting older and you're just a few months from graduating from business administration, the major you were pretty much doomed for. It's pretty obvious that the torch is about to be passed to you. But wait, who is going to pass the torch to you? And what does that mean?

To pass the torch to someone means to give responsibility to someone, to transfer the responsibility from someone to someone else. "This metaphoric expression alludes to the ancient Greek torch race, in which a lighted torch was passed from one runner to the next." http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/pass+the+torch

Now imagine you decide to hang out with a male friend from college at a bar on a weekend. It's just supposed to be a hangout and the purpose of you two meeting up is above all discussing a project you guys are involved in due two days from then. The unexpected started to happen when he out of nowhere caressed your hand and looked at you like never before. How could you ever imagine he would pick that day to make a pass at you? Now you wonder if there's really such a thing as true friendship between men and women.

When someone makes a pass at you, they flirt with or suggest sexual activity with you. It's a way to show they are sexually interested in someone. http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/make+a+pass+at