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pass sth round
[ M ] UK ( US pass sth around )
to offer something to each person in a group of people
• Could you do me a favour and pass these sandwiches round?, pass sth out
[ M ] US
to give something to each person in a group of people
• The teacher passed out the test booklets., pass sth on
[ M ] GIVE
2. to give someone something that another person has given you
• Could you pass it on to Laura when you've finished reading it?, pass sb/sth over
[ M ]
to ignore or to not give attention to someone or something
• The woman alleges that her employers passed her over for promotion because she was pregnant., pass away/on
polite expression for die (STOP LIVING)
• She's terribly upset because her father passed away last week., pass out
BECOME UNCONSCIOUS
1. to become unconscious for a short time, for example when ill, badly hurt or drunk
• I was hit on the head and passed out., pass sth on
[ M ] TELL
1. to tell someone something that another person has told you
• If he provided us with any information, no one passed it on to me., pass sth/sb off as sth/sb
[ M ]
to pretend that something or someone is a particular thing or person when they are not
• The dealer was trying to pass off fakes as valuable antiques.
• It's hard to believe anyone would try to pass this nonsense off as literature., pass out
LEAVE COLLEGE
2. UK to leave a military college after successfully finishing the course
• The new officers passed out from Britannia Royal Naval College on Thursday 1 August., pass sth around
[ M ]
US for pass [sth] round , pass sb by
If an event or opportunity passes you by, you do not notice it, or get pleasure or an advantage from it
• Do you ever feel that life is passing you by?, pass sth on
[ M ] DISEASE
3. to give a disease to another person
• It's possible to pass on the virus to others through physical contact., pass sth up
[ M ]
to fail to take advantage of an opportunity
• I can't believe she passed up the chance to go to South America.
• He's never one to pass up a free meal., pass sth down
[ M often passive ]
to teach or give something to someone who will be alive after you have died
• His is a family trade, passed down from generation to generation., pass off
[ + adverb ] UK ( US come off )
to happen
• The pop festival passed off peacefully, despite the fears of local residents., pass as/for sth/sb
to appear to be someone or something else, or to cause people to believe that they are
• I really want to go and see the film, but I don't think I'd pass for 18.
• Do you think this jacket and trousers will pass as a suit? They're almost the same colour.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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In addition to the idioms beginning with PASS, Also see BRING ABOUT (TO PASS); COME ABOUT (TO PASS); CROSS (PASS THROUGH) ONE'S MIND; HAND (PASS) IN ONE'S CHIPS; HEAD SOMEONE OFF (AT THE PASS); IN PASSING; MAKE (TAKE) A PASS AT; SHIPS THAT PASS IN THE NIGHT.
American Heritage Idioms
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verb
went by:
We passed them on the highway.
verb
satisfied:
She passed the course with an A.
verb
approved:
The bill passed congress by two votes.
noun
authorization:
You must have a pass to enter.
noun
gap:
We went through the pass at noon.
Simple Definitions
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noun in sport ADJ. good, perfect | careless, sloppy | long, short | back, cross-field, square (in football) | forward (in rugby) The referee disallowed the try for a forward pass. VERB + PASS play Ziege played a pass behind the defence to Weiss. | get, pick up, receive | block, intercept PREP. ~ from Owen picked up a long pass from Beckham to score. | ~ to He played a careless back pass to the goalkeeper. success in exam ADJ. good | exam, examination, A Level, GCSE, etc. VERB + PASS get, manage, obtain, scrape She barely scraped a pass in chemistry. PASS + NOUN mark, rate The pass mark is 40%. | degree Applicants need a good degree pass. PREP. ~ at It's difficult to obtain a pass at A Level. | ~ in He should get a good pass in mathematics. official piece of paper ADJ. free | day, monthly, weekend, yearly | bus, rail, railway a monthly rail pass | security | boarding VERB + PASS have | use | give sb, issue (sb with) The visitors were issued with day passes. | produce, show PREP. on a ~ soldiers on a weekend pass | ~ to We bought a two-day pass to Disneyland. way through mountains ADJ. high, low | narrow | mountain VERB + PASS cross, take PASS + VERB be blocked PREP. over a/the ~ struggling over the pass with their donkeys | through a/the ~ building a road through the pass | ~ over We took the high pass over the ridge. PHRASES the head/summit/top of the pass, verb of time ADV. quickly, soon The time passed quickly. | slowly | peacefully, uneventfully The days passed uneventfully. VERB + PASS help (to) We played games to help pass the time. law ADV. unanimously PREP. by … to … The bill was passed by 360 votes to 280. happen ADV. peacefully | off The demonstration passed off peacefully. VERB + PASS come to (formal or old-fashioned) I wondered how it came to pass that a thinking man bore the prejudices of his unthinking parents. | let sth I don't like it, but I'll let it pass (= will not object). PREP. between They'll never be friends again after all that has passed between them. PHRASES pass unnoticed In the confusion her departure passed unnoticed.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary