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📝 A leave permit ✅ To give permission 🏃‍♂️ To go beyond
to outpass

to outpass

8.4
To give someone a written pass to leave a place for a short time
  • verb
  • Indian
translation icon : autorizar la salida
  • You must request the warden to outpass you if you need to leave the hostel overnight.

Examples

  • The guard will outpass you after checking your ID.

  • The principal agreed to outpass the students for the afternoon so they could attend the competition.

  • The officer refused to outpass anyone during the lockdown period.

  • Can you outpass my friend for the event?

  • The principal agreed to outpass the students for the afternoon so they could attend the competition.

  • You must request the warden to outpass you if you need to leave the hostel overnight.

  • The officer refused to outpass anyone during the lockdown period.

Antonyms

to detain
  • Formal
169 5.9

To keep someone with the police for questioning

How Official

to authorize
489 4.4
to outpass
  • Indian
8.4
to permit
531 1.5
to allow
∞ 1.0
to let
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

outpass infinitive
outpassed past
outpassed past participle
outpassing present participle
outpasses third person singular

Morphology

outpass = pass (transparent) = out + pass

Formed by productive prefixation out- + the verb 'pass' yielding 'to cause/allow to leave', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Outpass as a verb mixes out and pass, meaning 'to give a pass to go out'; think of a nurse or guard handing you a paper. So to outpass someone is to officially give them permission to leave for a time.