to pass the baton (バトンを渡す)

Idiom Education

意味

to transfer responsibility to someone else

責任を他の人に渡す (sekinin o hoka no hito ni watasu)

例文

"After years of leadership, he decided it was time to pass the baton to his successor."

"長年のリーダーシップの後、彼はバトンを渡す時が来たと決めました。" (Naganen no rīdāshippu no ato, kare wa **baton o watasu** toki ga kita to kimemashita.)