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Phrase(s): pass someone or something up
1. to fail to select someone or something. • The committee passed Jill up and chose Kelly. • They passed up Jill. 2. to travel past someone or something. • We had to pass the museum up, thinking we could visit the next time we were in town. • We passed up a hitchhiker.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Let go by, reject, as in I can't believe Betty passed up the chocolate cake, or This opportunity is too good to pass up. [Colloquial; late 1800s]
American Heritage Idioms