to pass
- verb
- /pæs/
- Let's let this pass and we'll get back to our work.
- pass unnoticed
Let's let this pass and we'll get back to our work.
- Let's let this pass and we'll get back to our work.
- Like just just be fine with not like letting a thought pass.
- When we know about red flags and we recognize them, why do we let them pass?
- We can't let these opportunities pass by.
- Can we just get beyond it, over it, pass it by?
Examples
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How do you not pass on fears of things to your kids?
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You better make it known you let no injury pass, however small... and your judgement is sure... and terrible.
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Let him pass.
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Let me pass.
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You may pass.
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I'm going to let this pass without saying anything more about it.
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We decided to let the mistake pass and focus on the next project instead.
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She chose to pass on the criticism and continue with her work.
Synonyms
Pass through something so it is not noticed or stopped
Go past without being noticed or taken
To go past quickly without anyone noticing, as with time or chances
Time passes smoothly without you noticing
Antonyms
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 Noticed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pass comes from the Old French passer and the Latin passus, meaning 'to go by' or 'move past'. If something 'passes' without comment, people let it go by and do not stop or challenge it, just as you let a person walk past.