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to repass

to repass

1 8.2
Go past a place or point again
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈpæs/
translation icon : volver a pasar
  • During the meeting, we had to repass several slides in the presentation to ensure everyone understood the key points.
  • pass and repass

Examples

  • Her thread often tangled as she passed and repassed her needle.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • "If you grant us but liberty to pass and repass along the four-mile path, I will give up the rest," he told the Indians.

    Academic text (1995)

  • I wanna say, "Puff, puff, pass, repass."

    Madea's Big Happy Family (2011)

  • A croissant, a young couple passed and repassed Boudin's window, then came and sat beside her as if in all Chicago they sought only her.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • As I walked through the park, I noticed the same joggers repass me on their laps, each time greeting me with a smile.

  • She decided to repass the route she had taken earlier to recall the beautiful scenery she had observed.

Synonyms

to retrace
vsto repass
31 4.2

To go back along the same route you already took

can involve going again without following the original route
to recross
vsto repass
1 4.1

To cross something again, often going back the other way

allows going over or through again in either the same or opposite direction

Surface Forms

repass infinitive
repassed past
repassed past participle
repassing present participle
repasses third person singular

Morphology

repass = pass (transparent) = re + pass

This is a standard iterative use of re- with 'pass', meaning to pass again.

Etymology

Repass comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and the word pass meaning 'to go by'. So to repass something is to go by, through, or over it one more time.