pass
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2.3
- noun
- /pæs/
:
intento
- This is a guilt-free pass for you to go back inside and work.
When we started, it was only a few pass.
- When we started, it was only a few pass.
Examples
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- No no, for a first pass, listen, that was fantastic.
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Just one more pass.
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But you could do a pass like this and see how you feel.
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And we're going to make multiple passes at doing this.
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Before going to bed, Owen makes one last pass in his lab manual.
Fiction book (1997) -
Enough respect to take another pass at my dissertation.
Fiction book (2002) -
That is to say, there are details there that the first pass didn't quite capture.
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They're looking for someone to do a new pass on the script.
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Using a service like ours to take a first pass at something can eliminate a lot of expensive searches.
Academic text (2004) -
After several attempts, he finally made a successful pass at solving the problem.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A try to do something, often when it is difficult
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1.6
A try or turn to do something
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4.0
An attempt to do something
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6.3
A try at something new or unfamiliar
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5.1
A short try at something you do not plan to continue
Idioms
- Informal
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3.5
To give responsibility or control to another person during a planned change
Compounds
- Informal
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4.2
An excuse that lets someone avoid rules or blame because of their position
- US
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2.3
A written note from a teacher that allows a student to leave class and go into the hallway
- Specialized
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5.5
A device that lets slow changes in signals pass and reduces fast changes
- NSFW
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8.3
Permission from a partner to be romantic or sexual with someone outside the relationship
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7.4
A mountain road through the Alps that links Innsbruck in Austria with Bolzano in Italy
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7.1
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 Serious
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pass comes from the Old French passer and the Latin passus, meaning 'a step' or 'a go'. To take a pass at something is to take one single go or attempt, like taking one step toward it.