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pass |
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pass verb | noun
1 verb 1.•the traffic passing through the village:go, proceed, move, progress, make one's way, travel. ANT stop. 2.•a car passed him:overtake, go past/by, pull ahead of, overhaul, leave behind | informal leapfrog. 3.•time passed:elapse, go by/past, advance, wear on, roll by, tick by. 4.•he passed the time writing letters:occupy, spend, fill, use (up), employ, while away. 5.•pass me the salt:hand (over), give, reach. 6.•Max passed the ball back:kick, hit, throw, lob. 7.•her estate passed to her grandson:be transferred, go, be left, be bequeathed, be handed down/on, be passed on | Law devolve. 8.•his death passed almost unnoticed:happen, occur, take place, come about, transpire, come and go | literary befall. 9.•the storm passed:abate, fade (away), come to an end, blow over, run its course, die out, finish, end, cease, subside. 10.•nature's complexity passes all human understanding:surpass, exceed, transcend. 11.•he passed the exam:be successful in, succeed in, gain a pass in, get through | informal sail through, scrape through. ANT fail. 12.•the senate passed the bill:approve, vote for, accept, ratify, adopt, agree to, authorize, endorse, legalize, enact | informal OK. ANT reject. 13.•she could not let that comment pass:go (unnoticed), stand, go unremarked, go undisputed. 14.•we should not pass judgment:declare, pronounce, utter, express, deliver, issue. 15.•passing urine:discharge, excrete, evacuate, expel, emit, release.▶noun 1.•you must show your pass:permit, warrant, authorization, license. 2.•a perfectly executed pass:kick, hit, throw, cross, lateral (pass). PHRASES
come to pass literary •it came to pass that Dorothy left Roberto:happen, come about, occur, transpire, arise | literary befall.
make a pass at •are you accusing him of making a pass at you? make (sexual) advances to, proposition | informal come on to, make a play for, hit on, make time with, put the make on.
pass away/on See die (sense 1).
pass as/for •I really think you could pass for an attorney:be mistaken for, be taken for, be accepted as.
pass off •he tried to pass her off as his daughter:misrepresent, falsely represent | disguise.
pass out •this heat could make anyone pass out:faint, lose consciousness, black out.
pass over •many a great movie has been passed over by the Academy:disregard, overlook, ignore, pay no attention to, let pass, gloss over, take no notice of, pay no heed to, turn a blind eye to.
pass up •I should never have passed up my chance to go to Rome:turn down, reject, refuse, decline, give up, forgo, let pass, miss (out on) | informal give something a miss.
2 noun •a pass through the mountains:route, way, road, passage, cut, gap, notch. |
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