to pass
- verb
- /pæs/
- While we wait for the train, we can chat and let time pass pleasantly.
- time passed
- years passed
- months passed
More than double that amount of time has passed now, right?
- More than double that amount of time has passed now, right?
- Now a couple weeks pass and what happens?
- And sure enough, weeks pass and no one has signed up.
- For as fast as time passes, change can be glacially slow.
- And I so went back to LA couple of days passed, didn't hear anything.
- And it is because time passes and time cures all things.
- OK, so six weeks have passed and I'm here to share my results.
- He says the time that passes belongs to death.
- Another month passes, HR calls me in again.
- Now, the truth is, time passes, especially lately.
- As the years pass, everything seems OK.
Examples
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Just trying to figure out how to pass the time, right?
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OK, so six weeks have passed and I'm here to share my results.
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Now a couple weeks pass and what happens?
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And sure enough, weeks pass and no one has signed up.
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But just know that a week has passed since I lost.
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And time passed and he called me.
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For as fast as time passes, change can be glacially slow.
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And it is because time passes and time cures all things.
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Do children become less intelligent as they pass through the K-12 years?
Academic text (2012) -
Raymond... why don't you pass the time by playing a little solitaire?
Synonyms
To use time doing something you choose
For time to pass
For time to pass without anyone noticing
To pass a time that is difficult or boring
Time passes without being noticed
To go past quickly without anyone noticing, as with time or chances
Time passes smoothly without you noticing
To pass, as time between events
Time that passes quickly without you noticing
Idioms
- Informal
To give responsibility or control to another person during a planned change
Phrasal Verbs
- Specialized
Send a value or setting from a main part of a program to its smaller parts
Compounds
- Informal
An excuse that lets someone avoid rules or blame because of their position
- US
A written note from a teacher that allows a student to leave class and go into the hallway
- Specialized
A device that lets slow changes in signals pass and reduces fast changes
- NSFW
Permission from a partner to be romantic or sexual with someone outside the relationship
A mountain road through the Alps that links Innsbruck in Austria with Bolzano in Italy
A narrow mountain route between Pakistan and Afghanistan used for trade and army movements
- NSFW
A high mountain pass near Lake Tahoe where trapped pioneers ate human flesh to survive
- Jargon
A short forward pass to a player running toward the sideline in American football
- Jargon
A pass that goes sideways or backward instead of forward in American football
- Specialized
An electronic part that lets high sounds pass and reduces low sounds
- Specialized
A setting that lets signals or data pass through unchanged to another device
How Fast
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pass comes from the Old French passer and the Latin passus, meaning 'to move' or 'go by'. To 'pass' time is to let time go by, watching it move past you like people or things on a road.